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Maternal platelets in missed abortion; from a clinical perspective
Alea Farhan Salman1, Sumaya Alrawi2, Bahaa ALdeen Abdulrahman Hadi3
1The National Center of Hematology, Mustansiriyah University, Iraq.
Objective:
To assess the significance of platelet indices, mean platelet volume, and platelet distribution width in patients with missed abortion as an earlier and cost-benefit screening test.
Methods:
The prospective case-control study was conducted at the University Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, from April to September 2021, and comprised women with missed abortion as well as healthy controls. Anthropometric parameters were recorded alongside complete blood count, platelet count, mean platelet volume, and platelet distribution width were evaluated and compared between the two groups. Data was analysed using Medcalc 20.
Results:
Of the 60 subjects, 30(50%) were cases with a mean age of 27.8±6.1 years, and 30(50%) were healthy controls with a mean age of 25.7±5.2 years (P>0.05). All platelets parameters were significantly high among the cases compared to the controls (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
Platelet distribution width was found to have the highest sensitivity in predicting missed abortion.
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