Muhammad Abbas, Jahan Sardar, Muhammad Asim, Radhia Khan, Samiullah Khan, Ghulam Jaffar

Frequency of Thrombocytopenia in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases in Tertiary Care Hospital

Muhammad Abbas, Jahan Sardar, Muhammad Asim, Radhia Khan, Samiullah Khan, Ghulam Jaffar



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ABSTRACT

Introduction: Chronic liver disease (CLD) is the major cause of morbidity and rate of death across the globe. Chronic liver diseases lead to many complications like cirrhosis, endocrines disorders, cardiac disorders, hepatorenal syndromes and metabolic disorders.

Objective: To determine the frequency of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease at Tertiary care hospital Peshawar

Methodology: This Descriptive Cross sectional Study was carried out at the Medicine Department of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar for duration of six months from June 2020 to December 2021. A total of 189 patients were observed to determine the frequency of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic liver disease. All the data was analyzed statistically by using SPSS version 23.

Results: Among 189 patients males were 134(70.9%) and females were 55(29.1%). In our study, thrombocytopenia was observed in 116(61.4%) patients while it was not observed in 73(38.6%) patients.

Conclusion: Our study concludes that thrombocytopenia is frequently present in chronic liver disease patients. In individuals with chronic liver disease, severe thrombocytopenia raises the risk of bleeding and may often complicate or delay therapeutic management.

Keywords: Thrombocytopenia, Chronic liver disease, Morbidity 



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