Prevalence of thrombocytopenia and its relation to bacterial  sepsis in patients who admitted to the intensive care unit of a  teaching hospital in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences,  ‎2012-2014‎

Hamid Reza  Sherkatolabbasieh‎; Nasrollah ‎ Sohrabi; Mohammad Erfan  Zare‎; Atefeh  Nasir Kansestani‎; Shiva  Shafiezadeh‎; Hadi  Sane Ahmadi‎; Abdolreza  Mahruei‎; Kambiz  Jasemi‎; Nasrollah ‎ Sohrabi

Prevalence of thrombocytopenia and its relation to bacterial sepsis in patients who admitted to the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, ‎2012-2014‎

Hamid Reza Sherkatolabbasieh‎ ¹ , Nasrollah ‎ Sohrabi ^{2
, *} , Mohammad Erfan Zare‎ ³ , Atefeh Nasir Kansestani‎ ³ , Shiva Shafiezadeh‎ ⁴ , Hadi Sane Ahmadi‎ ³ , Abdolreza Mahruei‎ ⁴ and Kambiz Jasemi‎ ⁵

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¹ Department of Pediatrics, School of‏ ‏Medicine, Lorestan University of‏ ‏Medical Sciences,‎‏ ‏Khorramabad Committee,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran. ‎5. Internal Medicine Department‎, Iran

² Department of Medical Laboratory‏ ‏Sciences, Paramedicine Faculty,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah ‎University of Medical‏ ‏Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

³ Medical Biology Research Center,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah‎, Iran

⁴ Internal Medicine Department,‎‏ ‏School of Medicine, Lorestan University‏ ‏of Medical ‎Sciences, Khorramabad‎, Iran

⁵ Internal Medicine Department,‎‏ ‏School of Medicine, Kermanshah‏ ‏University of Medical ‎Sciences,‎‏ ‏Kermanshah‎, Iran

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Journal of Clinical Research in Paramedical Sciences: March 20, 2014, 2 (4); e82279
Published Online: February 11, 2014
Article Type: Research Article
Received: June 08, 2013
Accepted: January 16, 2014

To Cite: Sherkatolabbasieh‎ H R , Sohrabi N ‎, Zare‎ M E, Nasir Kansestani‎ A , Shafiezadeh‎ S , et al. Prevalence of thrombocytopenia and its relation to bacterial sepsis in patients who admitted to the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital in Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, ‎2012-2014‎, J Clin Res Paramed Sci. 2014 ; 2(4):e82279.

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Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is a common disorder in patients who admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) that has been showed as a bad prognostic factor for mortality and has a various causes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of thrombocytopenia and its relation to bacterial sepsis as one of causes of this disorder in patients who admitted to the ICU.

Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of all patients who hospitalized in ICU of a teaching hospital affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences from 2012 to 2014.
Results: Of 387 patients, 231 patients (59.6%), at least one time, afflicted by thrombocytopenia. There wasn’t any significant difference between age and gender by thrombocytopenia incidence (P>0.05). Totally, 76 patients (19.6%) had positive blood culture that 58 cases (76.3%) occurred in thrombocytopenic patients.

Conclusion: The results of this study was determine that thrombocytopenia incidence is a good prognostic factor in morbidity and mortality of patients who hospitalized in ICU.
Also, bacterial sepsis as a major causes of thrombocytopenia incidence in ICU.

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