Open AccessImportance of thrombocytosis in the diagnosis of asthma and pneumonia in children below five years
Author(s) -
Ali Aqeel Mohammed,
Haider Hasan Shakir,
Asaad Fakhir Hasan,
Jasim M. Al-Marzoki
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.5368
Subject(s) - thrombocytosis , medicine , pneumonia , asthma , malignancy , platelet , gastroenterology
Background: Thrombocytosis is divided into primary and secondary forms. Secondary form is common in children and associated with many conditions as infections, anemia, malignancy, inflammation, hyposplenism and tissue damage. Bacterial or viral infections (acute or chronic) are the most common cause for secondary thrombocytosis at any age during childhood. Objective: To study the role of thrombocytosis in the diagnosis of asthma and pneumonia. A total of 460 children were enrolled in this case-control study Children were categorized into 3 groups, asthma group which included 108 children, pneumonia group which included 262 children and control group which included 90 children. Exclusion criteria were anemia, recent surgery, acute blood loss, malignancy, connective tissue diseases and mixed cases of asthma and pneumonia. Mean platelet count in the pneumonia group was 374000/mm3 and percentage of children with thrombocytosis was 33%. Mean platelet count in the asthma group was 272000/mm3 and percentage of children with thrombocytosis was 13%. Mean platelet count in the control group was 265000/mm3 and percentage of children with thrombocytosis was 11.1%. Mean platelet count in pneumonia group was significantly higher than asthma group (p value<0.01) and control group (p value<0.01).