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Liver cirrhosis results from prolonged, widespread but patchy hepato-cellular necrosis due to various reasons. To determine the frequency and severity of hyponatremia in patients with liver cirrhosis. Descriptive case series study. Six months. Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad. The cirrhotic subjects were assessed for hyponatremia and its severity. The data was analyzed in SPSS 16 and the frequency and percentage was calculated for hyponatremia and statistically p -value
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Humans , Female , Male , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Hyponatremia/epidemiology , Sodium/bloodABSTRACT
To determine the frequency and severity of thrombocytopenia in patients with liver cirrhosis. Cross sectional study. 01-03-2013 to 31-08- 2013. Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad. The cirrhotic patients were assessed for thrombocytopenia and its severity. The data was analyzed in SPSS version 11.00 and frequency and percentage was computed. The chi-square test was applied and p -value
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Humans , Female , Male , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Thrombocytopenia/epidemiology , Cross-Sectional Studies , Platelet Count , Blood PlateletsABSTRACT
To determine the frequency and severity of thrombocytopenia and to evaluate the variation of red cell distribution width [RDW] in patients with acute vivax malaria. Cross sectional descriptive case series study. Six months. Liaquat University Hospital. All the patients with acute vivax malaria were evaluated for thrombocytopenia its severity and RDW. The data was analyzed in SPSS 10 and the frequency and percentage was calculated. Total 126 patients with acute vivax malaria were recruited, of which 88 were males and 38 were females. The mean age +/- SD for male and female subjects was 44.76 +/- 6.83 and 40.83 +/- 7.42. The common features observed were fever 31%, rigor 15% and combined features 14% [p=0.05]. The thrombocytopenia was identified in 86 patients of which 65 were males and 21 were females [p=0.04]. The increased RDW was observed in 75 patients of which 57 were males and 18 were females [p=0.05]. The bleeding was detected in 56 and dyspnea and heart failure was found in 30 thrombocytopenic subjects [p=0.02]. Regarding outcome 82 subjects were recovered while the 04 patients were expired [p=0.05]. Regarding severity of thrombocytopenia majority 48.8% were in moderate category with male predominance [p=0.02]. The thrombocytopenia and increased RDW was observed in patients with acute vivax malaria