Effect of wheat grass tablets on the frequency of blood transfusions in thalassemia major.
Indian J Pediatr
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2010 Jan; 77(1): 90-91
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| ID: sea-142478
ABSTRACT
Forty patients of Thalassemia Major children were treated with wheat grass tablets (WGT). The mean hemoglobin in the pre WGT was 8.54 +/- 0.33 g% whereas in WGT period was 9.13 +/- 0.14 g% (p < 0.001). The mean blood transfused as packed cells in pre WGT period was 326.82 +/- 74.10ml/kg/year whereas during WGT period it was 256.39 +/- 45.47 ml/kg/ year. The percentage difference in the amount of packed cells transfused in pre WGT and WGT period was 18.02 +/- 22.96 (p < 0.001). The decrease in the blood transfusion requirements was by 25% or more in 20 (60.6%) cases. The mean interval between the consecutive blood transfusions in Pre WGT period was 18.78 ± 4.48 days whereas in WGT period was 24.16 ± 4.78 days (p < 0.001). Wheat grass has the potential to increase the Hb levels, increase the interval between blood transfusions and decrease the amount of total blood transfused in Thalassemia Major patients.
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Main subject:
Tablets
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Triticum
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Blood Transfusion
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Humans
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Plant Extracts
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Child
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Beta-Thalassemia
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Phytotherapy
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2010
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Article
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