SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINICAL ASSESMENT OF PALLOR TO DETECT ANAEMIA IN 5-10YEARS AGE GROUP AT TERTIARY CARE LEVEL

Dr. Ambrish Mishra; Dr. Sandeep Singh; Dr. Anvita Mishra

Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2020

SIGNIFICANCE OF CLINICAL ASSESMENT OF PALLOR TO DETECT ANAEMIA IN 5-10YEARS AGE GROUP AT TERTIARY CARE LEVEL

Dr. Ambrish Mishra, Dr. Sandeep Singh, Dr. Anvita Mishra

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Clinical pallor at various anatomical sites is potential method for detecting severe anaemia in public health. WHO has included evaluation of palmar pallor to detect severe anaemia for management of sick child. This study was done to find out sensitivity of pallor to detect anaemia in less lab support peripheral areas. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the sensitivity of pallor in various anatomical sites to find out anaemia. 2. To find association between Hb% and appearance of pallor. METHODS: Cross Sectional, Observational study conducted at Paediatric IPD of GMH, SSMC, Rewa (M.P). RESULTS: Among 201 cases; Male & female constituted 55.22% & 44.7% respectively. Mean Hb was 9.06 gm/dl. Pallor at conjunctiva was in 91.5% of cases, at tongue 62.7%, at nail bed 42.2% & at palm 18.4% of the cases. Conjunctiva pallor was most sensitive (100%) in detecting severe anaemia followed by tongue pallor with 95.12% sensitivity.