SPECTRUM OF HAEMATOLOGICALABNORMALITIES IN COVID-19 PATIENTS: A 1-YEAR STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH EAST INDIA.-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

SPECTRUM OF HAEMATOLOGICALABNORMALITIES IN COVID-19 PATIENTS: A 1-YEAR STUDY IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH EAST INDIA.

Published:2022-01-01 Issue: Volume: Page:76-78
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Container-title:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
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Author:

Laisom Alpana¹,Konjengbam Ratan²,Jessica Akoijam Ningthibi¹,Priyanka Devi Hijam³,Gatphoh Soram Gayatri⁴

Affiliation:

1. Senior Resident, Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur.

2. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur.

3. Post Graduate trainee Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur.

4. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, Manipur.

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 which was rst recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Patient of COVID-19 presents with wide range of hemostatic abnormalities. The aim of this study is to evaluate the pattern of the hematological parameters in COVID-19 patients. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Department of Pathology, RIMS, Imphal from May 2020 to May 2021. Total of 594 COVID-19 positive cases were included, data collected in IBM SPSS Statistics 21 was statistically analysed. Results:Among the 594 patients, 366 (61.6%) were male, 228 (38.4%) female with an age range of 1 to 90 years(Mean±SE, 44.21±18.52). COVID -19 was most common in the age group of 21-30 years and 31-40 years. Low hemoglobin was seen in 191 cases(32.2%), lymphopenia in 217 cases(36.5%), leukocytosis in 163 cases(27.4%) and thrombocytopenia in 160 cases(26.9%). Conclusion: Lymphopenia, neutrophilic leukocytosis, decreased hemoglobin and thrombocytopenia were common ndings in Covid-19 patients with a male predominance.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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