scholarly journals Neonatal Thrombocytopenia: Its associated risk factors and outcome in NICU in a tertiary hospital in Nepal

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-68
Author(s):  
Bishow Bandhu Bagale ◽  
Anita Bhandari

ABSTRACTBackground: Thrombocytopenia is a frequently encountered hematological abnormality in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). There are various maternal and neonatal risk factors associated and the incidence varies greatly depending upon the population studies. This study was performed on neonates admitted in Bharatpur Hospital NICU.Materials & Methods: In this retrospective study, 412 neonates who were admitted in NICU from November 2016 to October 2017 were included in the study. Frequency of thrombocytopenia was determined along with associated maternal and neonatal risk factors. Maternal risk factors like Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), Diabetes, Eclampsia, drug use and neonatal risk factors like sepsis, asphyxia, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), prematurity were analyzed. Requirement of platelet transfusion and the outcome were also evaluated. Results: Of the 412 neonates included, 74 had thrombocytopenia which comprised approximately 18% neonates admitted in NICU. Early onset thrombocytopenia occurring within 72 hrs comprised 91.8% while late onset thrombocytopenia occurring after 72 hrs comprised 8.2% of total thrombocytopenia. 58.1% (43) were mild , 29.7% (22) moderate and 12.2% (9) severe thrombocytopenia. The major neonatal risk factors were sepsis, asphyxia, IUGR and prematurity while gestational diabetes and PIH were maternal risk factors contributing to neonatal thrombocytopenia. Only 4.05% received platelet transfusion. 77.03% of the neonates recovered and were discharged while 12.16% neonates were referred to other centres and 5.40% neonates died.Conclusion: Neonatal thrombocytopenia accounted for 18% of neonates which were admitted in the NICU. Significant neonatal risk factors were asphyxia and sepsis and maternal risk factors were PIH and diabetes. Majority did not require platelet transfusion and outcome was also good.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keerthi Tirupathi ◽  
Keerti Swarnkar ◽  
Jayant Vagha

Background: Neonatal thrombocytopenia (platelet count < 1.5 lac/µl) is the commonest haematological abnormality encountered in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Thrombocytopenia if not detected can result in devastating complications. Determining the risk factors of thrombocytopenia enables us to prevent the inevitable and irreversible complications. The present study highlights the pattern, severity and risk factors of neonatal thrombocytopenia in our hospital.Methods: Prospective observational study was conducted on 200 neonates with thrombocytopenia admitted in NICU of our hospital. Maternal and neonatal risk factors were recorded. Neonates were grouped based on the severity of thrombocytopenia. The risk factors were compared with severity of thrombocytopenia.Results: 200 neonates with thrombocytopenia were divided into three groups based on severity of thrombocytopenia. 81% of babies had moderate to severe thrombocytopenia. The most common maternal predisposing factors were pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH), premature rupture of membranes (PROM) and anemia.62.5% babies were low birth weight babies and they had severe thrombocytopenia. 56% babies had late onset neonatal thrombocytopenia and 44% had early onset thrombocytopenia. The most common neonatal risk factors were sepsis in 48.5% babies and birth asphyxia in 20% babies.Conclusions: The severity of neonatal thrombocytopenia in our NICU was moderate to severe type. PIH, PROM and anemia were the commonest maternal risk factors. Preterm and low birth weight babies had severe thrombocytopenia. Sepsis and birth asphyxia were the commonest neonatal risk factors. Birth asphyxia was associated with early onset neonatal thrombocytopenia and sepsis was associated with late onset thrombocytopenia. Severe thrombocytopenia can be used as a prognostic indicator in sick neonates. 



2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-96
Author(s):  
Deepak Madhavi ◽  
Shamama Subuhi ◽  
Mohammed Zubai

Thrombocytopenia is one of the commonest haematological disorders in the neonatal period, affecting up to a third of those admitted to neonatal intensive care units. It is well recognized that many fetomaternal and neonatal conditions are associated with thrombocytopenia. The majority of episodes of neonatal thrombocytopenia are relatively mild, self-limiting and of short duration but it may cause severe morbidity & mortality due to severe complication like IVH. Methods & material: 140 Newborn admitted in tertiary care NICU were selected to find out outcome and etiology of neonatal thrombocytopenia. Detail maternal history and neonatal physical examination done and Neonates were followed for outcome, relevant investigation done according to cases. Result: Out of 140 neonates 63 neonates had thrombocytopenia (45%).42.8% neonates were premature out of which 63.3% had thrombocytopenia. Other neonatal risk factor for thrombocytopenia are sepsis 38 (74.5%), SGA/IUGR 28(80%) and NEC 9(100%). Maternal risk factor for thrombocytopenia are eclampsia81.8% and infection during pregnancy 72.72%. 95.5 % of all study population were discharged.4.5 % cases of whole study population didn’t survive. 4.54% of mild, 9.09% of moderate and 60 % of severe thrombocytopenic babies didn’t survive. Conclusion: Bleeding manifestations i.e. mucosal, cutaneous and intracranial bleed were significantly associated with severe thrombocytopenia. 60% of mortality was found in severe thrombocytopenic group. Thus, severe thrombocytopenia was found to be a predictor of poor outcome in sick neonates of NICU.



2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Kurdahi Badr ◽  
Bahia Abdallah ◽  
Sossi Balian ◽  
Hala Tamim ◽  
Mirvat Hawari

Purpose:The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the time of birth and the mortality and morbidity of infants admitted to neonatal intensive care units.Design:This prospective, cohort study examined the records of women and infants admitted to the NICUs of four hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon, between July 1, 2002, and June 30, 2003. The hospitals selected were university affiliated and had a large number of deliveries (5,152 total for the year 2002–2003).Main Outcome Variables:Neonatal mortality and morbidity for infants admitted to the NICU were evaluated in relation to time of birth.Results:For the whole sample, mortality was higher for infants born during the night shift than for those born during the day shift. Mortality, morbidity, and brain asphyxia rates were also higher for infants born during the night shift and admitted to the NICU. Maternal risk factors and delivery complications were not consistently higher on the night shift.



2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
Hira Arif ◽  
Nadeem Ikram ◽  
Shangraf Riaz ◽  
Asma Nafisa

Introduction: About 30% of neonates develop thrombocytopenia during hospital admission. Inevitable and irreversible complications can be prevented by determining the risk factors of neonatal thrombocytopenia. The present study was undertaken to determine the risk factors and outcome of neonatal thrombocytopenia in neonates admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was conducted to evaluate the risk factors for neonatal thrombocytopenia (NT) in 160 neonates. Neonatal and maternal risk factors were recorded and neonates were categorized into three groups based on the severity of thrombocytopenia. Results: A higher percentage of the neonates 89 (55.6%) were male. The majority (61.9%) had moderate neonatal thrombocytopenia while 21.9% had severe neonatal thrombocytopenia. A highly significant difference was observed for the distribution of gestational age, platelet count, birth weight, and age at admission (for all p-value ≥0.0001) among different groups. Multivariate logistic regression revealed a significant independent association of prematurity, birth asphyxia, and low birth weight with neonatal thrombocytopenia. Conclusion: Prematurity, low birth weight, and birth asphyxia were the significant causes of Neonatal thrombocytopenia. The mortality rate increased significantly with the severity of thrombocytopenia.



2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 1859
Author(s):  
Najia Hassan ◽  
Sujaya Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Sneha Mohan

Background: Preterm birth is a major cause of mortality and morbidity for newborns. Complications of prematurity are becoming more common as more survivors are spending time in Neonatal intensive care unit.Methods: A retrospective hospital based clinical observational study was conducted in NICU in Sharda hospital, a tertiary care centre in Greater Noida. Data regarding neonates′ age, sex, clinical presentation, maternal risk factors, complications and outcome were recorded.Results: A total of 133 preterm neonates were enrolled in the study. Maternal risk factors like Pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) was seen in 19.5% cases, Urinary tract infection in 15% and Antepartum haemorrhage in 14.2% cases. Among the complications of prematurity, RDS was noted in 38.3% cases, Hyperbilirubinemia in 16.5% and feed intolerance in 15% cases. Sepsis was present in 3% of the preterm. Mortality rate was 7.5%. Most common cause of death was RDS.Conclusions: Pregnancy induced hypertension and Antepartum haemorrhage were important maternal risk factors for prematurity. Respiratory distress syndrome and perinatal asphyxia were the important causes of mortality in the present study.



Author(s):  
D. Surkov ◽  
O. Kapustina

Objective. To investigate the structure, antenatal and intranatal risk factors and results of treatment of neonatal sepsis.Materials and methods. This study used analysis of 137 case histories of newborns from 2015 to 2019. We evaluated maternal risk factors, intrapartum asphyxia, duration of treatment, number of days on mechanical ventilation, the presence of sepsis, necrotic enterocolitis, mortality.Results and discussion. Most children were over 2500 g (69.3%). In infants with a birth weight lower than 1500 g were 10.9%. 70.8% of newborns received in the first 24 hours after birth. From the moment of admission to the department, among all infected children was 71%, mortality was 14%. In children under 29 weeks of gestation, the risk of developing sepsis is 17.2 times higher. (р˂0.001) In children under 1 kg of weight, the risk of manifestation of sepsis is 42.2 times higher. (р˂0.001)The maternal colonization have the risk of developing a child’s infection is 4.36 times higher. (р˂0.001)With a diagnosis of sepsis most infants were more than 2.5 kg and mortality remained significantly high 31.6-36.8% in all weight groups (0.00001), depending on birth weight.The majority of the applicants were children over 37 weeks, but mortality was significantly higher in the group from 29-37 weeks (0.00001), depending on the term of gestation.Among the studied mothers, up to 53% were maternal colonization and in this group the mortality of children was significantly higher than 23% (p=0.020).However, in the group of children where there were signs of ascending infection of the placenta (there were 25%) mortality was still significantly higher by 1.4 times, 32% (p=0,008).Conclusions. The risk of developing neonatal sepsis was increased in ascending infection (clinical chorioamnionitis) in 6.65 times, (р˂0.001), the presence of a coagulase-negative culture by 5.83 (р˂0.011) and invasive respiratory therapy by 18.52 times. (р˂0.002) Mortality rates are affected by gestational age OR=13.81 (р˂0.001), birth weight 1-1.5 kg OR=13.15 (р˂0.001), 1.5-2.5 kg OR=2.86 (р=0.043), maternal factors (vaginal colonization, ascending infection) OR=3,22 (р˂0.023), infection of placental membranes OR=4,32 (р˂0.008), the presence of sepsis OR=15,56 (р˂0.001), necrotic enterocolitis OR=8,06 (р˂0.001) and CoNS OR=4,98 (р˂0.033).



2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Llurba ◽  
Elena Carreras ◽  
Eduard Gratacós ◽  
Miquel Juan ◽  
Judith Astor ◽  
...  

Objective. To examine the value of one-step uterine artery Doppler at 20 weeks of gestation in the prediction pre-eclampsia (PE) and/or intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR).Methods. A prospective multicentre study that included all women with singleton pregnancies at 19–22 weeks of gestation (w). The mean pulsatility index (mPI) of both uterine arteries was calculated. Receiver-operating characteristics curves (ROC) were drawn to compare uterine artery Doppler and maternal risk factors for the prediction of early-onset PE and/or IUGR (before 32 w) and late-onset PE and/or IUGR.Results. 6,586 women were included in the study. Complete outcome data was recorded for 6,035 of these women (91.6%). PE developed in 75 (1.2%) and IUGR in 69 (1.1%) cases. Uterine Doppler mPI was 0.99 and the 90th centile was 1.40. For 10% false-positive rate, uterine Doppler mPI identified 70.6% of pregnancies that subsequently developed early-onset PE and 73.3% of pregnancies that developed early-onset IUGR. The test had a lower detection rate for the late-onset forms of the disease (23.5% for PE and 30% for IUGR). Maternal history has a low sensitivity in the detection of early-onset cases, although it is better at detecting late-onset PE.Conclusion. Uterine artery Doppler and maternal risk factors seem to select two different populations - early and late-onset PE which might suggest a different pathogenesis.



2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
VijayKishanrao Domple ◽  
MohanK Doibale ◽  
Abhilasha Nair ◽  
PinkeshS Rajput


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