ASSOCIATION THROMBOCYTOPENIAAND ITS CO-RELATION IN CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of thrombocytopenia varies according to a number of factors, like patient population and severity of underlying liver disease. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: To determine prevalence of thrombocytopenia in CLD patients and correlation of platelet count with child and pugh scores. MATERIALAND METHOD: General Medicine ward and OPD of N.R.S.M.C.H. , Kolkata, All patients admitted with CLD in Medicine ward and those attending OPD of N.R.S.M.C.H. , Kolkata, One year, 101 (one hundred and one) CONCLUSION: We found that mean Platelet count was low in Severe Thrombocytopenia which was statistically signicant.