22. Demographic and Haematological Features of Aplastic Anemia in Adult Population: A Single Centre Experience
Humera Rafiq1, Arsala Rashid2, Filza Saeed2 and Samina Naeem2
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the frequency of different demographic and haematological features of patients diagnosed to have aplastic anemia,
Study Design: Purposive, case-series study.
Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted at the Department of Pathology, King Edward Medical University Lahore from January 2007 to December 2014.
Materials and Methods: One hundred and forty-six consecutive aplastic anemia cases were included. The sociodemographic details, medical history, environmental, clinical and haematological features were included.
Results: The median age of patients was 28 years, 75 were female and 71 male. The disease was graded according to severity and results were as follows: 1) non-severe 50%, 2) severe 34% and 3) very severe aplastic anemia 16%. Majority of patients were from low socioeconomic 57.5% or middle class 32%.
Conclusion: Aplastic anemia shows almost equal sex distribution. Non-severe aplastic anemia is the most common type of aplastic anemia presenting in a diagnostic set up of a tertiary care hospital.
Key Words: Aplastic anemia, Pancytopenia, Features, Population.
Citation of article: Rafiq H, Rashid A, Saeed F, Naeem S. Demographic and Haematological Features of Aplastic Anemia in Adult Population: A Single Centre Experience. Med Forum 2020;31(9):91-93.