Muhammad Iqbal, Nadeem Memon, Muhammad Rafique Hingoro, Huma Memon, Sadia Shah, Muhammad Saeed Arain.
Haemotological pattern assosiated to diffe-rent types of malaria.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;21(1):9-13.

Objective: To assess the abnormalities of haemotological parameters associates to different types of malaria. Design: Observational study. Study Setting and Duration: Present study was carried out in the medicine department, of (LUH) Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hospital Hyderabad / Jamshoro from March 2013 to august 2013. Method: All the cases after diagnosis having, tuber-culosis, hepatitis, typhoid, dengue fever, pregnancy and diagnosis of meningitis excluded from the present study. Blood sample of the patients for CBC were sent to the diagnostic and research laboratory of liaquat medical University Hospital Hyderabad. After reports all the hematological abnormalities was documented. Results: Total 200 patients were selected in this study, and mean age was found as; Mean ±SD 32.4 ± 5.6. Female were found in the majority 58%. Vivax was found most common in the cases with percentage of 68%. According to the haematological abnormalities, in the vivax infected patients abnormal Hb (g/dl) was found in (24.2%) cases and thrombocytopenia was found with the (20.4%) cases in the cases, while Falciparum infected patients mostly abnormal Hb (g/dl) was found in 27 (20.4%) and thrombocytopenia found most common 31 (45.5%) respectively. Conclusion: In the conclusion of this study, there are a big haematological disturbance are evaluated in the malarial affected patients, mostly thrombocytopenia and anemia.

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