Peripheral smear platelet count as a high cost effective method as compared to automated count in rural India.

Peeyush Kumar Saini

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

Peripheral smear platelet count as a high cost effective method as compared to automated count in rural India.

Peeyush Kumar Saini

Abstract :

Background: One of the important investigation in pregnant women is platelet count which are routinely done by automated cell counters which are not available at all hospitals especially in rural India. Platelets can also be estimated from the peripheral smears, which can be easily done at any set up. Aims & Objective: This study was conducted to compare the platelet estimation by peripheral smear method and automated method. Materials and Methods: Platelet estimation was done in 100 patients by stained peripheral smear and automated method. Platelet counts were expressed in Mean ± SD. Results: Platelet counts were 2.76 ± 0.71 and 2.64 ± 0.73 lacs/mm3 by peripheral smear and automated method respectively with p value 0.4. Conclusion: There was no significant difference between two methods, hence it proves that the two methods are same. Key Words: Platelet Count; Peripheral Smear;