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All Journal INDONESIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Joel Monday Abu
Department of Family Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, PMB 228 Gwagwalada, Abuja Nigeria
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Assessment of Platelet Indices Profile of Pregnant Women Attending University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Nigeria Amos Dangana; Anthony Uchenna Emeribe; Hezekiah Alkali Isah; Sanusi Musa; Joel Monday Abu; Solomon Oloche Onoja; Nkechi Onukegbe; Idris Nasir Abdullahi
JURNAL INDONESIA DARI ILMU LABORATORIUM MEDIS DAN TEKNOLOGI Vol 3 No 2 (2021): Molecule analysis to advance laboratory diagnosis
Publisher : Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33086/ijmlst.v3i2.2110

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Platelets initiate hemostasis by aggregating at the site of injury and participate in ensuring endothelial integrity. A defect in this process could lead to intravascular blood loss. This case-control study sought to determine the platelet counts and indices among pregnant women in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, Abuja, Nigeria. A total of 120 pregnant women as case and 60 non-pregnant women as control were enrolled for this study. Blood samples were collected in EDTA tubes, and complete platelet count and indices were carried out using an automated five-part haematology analyzer. The mean ± standard deviation of the platelets count among the pregnant women, 226.54 ± 69.76 109 cells/L was not significantly different from that of the non-pregnant women, 214.95 ± 52.22x 109 cells/L (p=0.295). There was a significant differences in mean platelets volume (MPV) of the case and control groups (p=0.036). After post-hoc test, the significant difference was between the  pregnant women in 3rd trimester and the control group (p=0.014). However, there was no diffences in the mena platelets larger cell ratio and platelet distribution width in the case and control groups. Fifteen (11.0%) and 7 (12.1%) of the case and control control groups, respectively had mild thrombocytopenia. However, there was no significant association between pregnant status and thrombocytopenia (p=0.836). Based on these findngs, it can be infered that platelet count and MPV decreases while PDW increase with the progression of gestation age compared to the non-pregnant women.
Co-Authors Amos Dangana Anthony Uchenna Emeribe Hezekiah Alkali Isah Idris Nasir Abdullahi Nkechi Onukegbe Sanusi Musa Solomon Oloche Onoja