Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2020

Role of Mean platelet volume (MPV) in assessing the severity of dengue.

Dr Talatnoor Sheikh, Dr Shilpi Sahu

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Background: Dengue is common viral infection which is has seasonal outeak and has big burden on the health sector in our country. The patients presents with fever, arthralgia, malaise along with other symptoms in case of dengue haemorrhagic fever. The patients have thrombocytopenia along with leucopenia. Recently lot of importance has been given to platelet indices for assessing severity of dengue infection. Aim was to study the significance of mean platelet volume (MPV) is assessing the severity of dengue infection. Methods: The present study is a prospective observational study conducted in a tertiary hospital in Navi Mumbai among 300 patients positive for dengue fever with thrombocytopenia. Their complete hemogram was performed and MPV was compared with the platelet count. Categorical data were presented as numbers (percent) and were compared among groups using Chi–square test. Groups compared for demographic data were presented as mean and standard deviation and were compared using student t–test using SPSS, version 20 for Windows. P value of <0.05 was statistically significant Results: The most common clinical feature in patients with dengue after fever was Arthralgia 73.2 %. NS1 was positive in 71% of the cases. 41% patients had platelet count between 50,000–1 lac. The mean MPV was 7.28 fl and total leucocyte count 3446 cells/cumm. Conclusion: The mean platelet volume decreases with decrease in platelet count observed in dengue fever, which can help in predicting the severity of dengue infection. Key words: Dengue, DHF, Thrombocytopenia, Mean platelet volume.

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ROLE OF MEAN PLATELET VOLUME (MPV) IN ASSESSING THE SEVERITY OF DENGUE., Dr Talatnoor Sheikh, Dr Shilpi Sahu INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-1 | January-2020


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