Shaista Mobeen, Nighat Rashid, Irum Iqbal, Ayesha Khalid, Kiran Iqbal.
Prevalence of thrombocytopenia among normal pregnant and preeclamptic females attending antenatal care.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;13(4):747-8.

Aim : To determine the level of platelet count, mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) in normal pregnant females and those with preeclampsia. Study design: A comparative study was carried out on 105 pregnant females. Out of which, 52 were normal pregnant females and 52 were preeclamptics. They were tested for platelet count , MPV and PDW and the subsequent data was recorded. Results : Out of 52 preeclamptic patients , 21(40%) females had mild PE and 31(60% ) females with severe PE . Mean of the platelet count in group A was 302±70.4 x10 9/l and in group B was 223±76.5x10 9/l and difference was highly significant statistically (p< 0.01 ). P-value for mean platelet volume (MPV) in the control (A) and severe pree clamptics (B2) was 0.06 and for platelet distribution width (PDW) it was 0.01 and both values were significant. Conclusion : Low platelet count was observed in preeclamptic females and highly significant correlation observed between platelet count and severity of PE . MPV and PDW were high in those patients in whom platelet count was low.

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