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HEMATOLOGICAL PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

Dr. Muhammad Nadeem Ahsan, Dr. Pooran Mal, Dr. Mukhtiar Ahmed Abro, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Imran Karim and *Dr. Samar Raza

Objective: To determine the hematological profile in patients with chronic kidney disease. Patients and Methods:A total of fifty patients of chronic kidney disease were explored and included in the study. The cross-sectional survey includes patients diagnosed as CKD of >18 year old and either gender while the exclusion criteria were patients with systemic illness without renal failure, pregnant and lactating mothers, aplastic anemia, hematological malignancy and history of blood transfusion and the participants who refused to give consent for the study. Anemia was defined as Hb <12 g/dl, further anemia was categorized into mild, moderate and severe with Hb% as 9-11 gm, 7-9 gm and <7 gm respectively whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results:During six month study period total fifty patients had chronic kidney disease were explored and study. The mean ± SD for age (yrs) of population was 55.73±7.70. Regarding gender male 20 (40%) and female 30 (60%) while the anemia mild 15 (30%), moderate 25 (50%) and severe 10 (20%). Conclusion:Anemia is an extremely basic clinical appearance in patients of Chronic Kidney Disease. KeyWords: Anemia and chronic kidney disease

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