Clinical Studies on Purpura in Children
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 977-984, 1979.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-41010
ABSTRACT
The following results were obtained through the clinical review of 182 cases who were admitted with purpuric manifestation at the Pediatric Department of Chonnam National University Hospital during the four-year period, January 1975 through Decemver 1978. 1. The incidence was in the order of leukemia 50 cases(27.5%), sepsis 33 cases(18.1%), meningococcemia 33 cases(18.1%), allergic purpura 29 cases(15.9%), aplastic anemia 19 cases(10.5%) and I.T.P. 18 cases(9.9%). 2. By age distribution, 69.2% of the patients was less than 8 years of age. Male to Female ratio was 1.51. 3. The most common symptoms were purpura, fever, anemia and epistaxis. 4. In the laboratory findings; Platelet count was below 50,000/mm(3) in I.T.P.(66.7%), leukemia(68.0%), aplastic anemia(89.5%) but was above 150,000/mm(3) in allergic purpura(93.1%). Bleeding time was prolonged above 4min. in thrombocytopenic purpura but was within normal limits in non-thrombocytopenic purpura.
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Main subject:
Platelet Count
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Purpura
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IgA Vasculitis
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Purpura, Thrombocytopenic
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Bleeding Time
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Leukemia
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Epistaxis
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Incidence
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Age Distribution
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Sepsis
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Year:
1979
Type:
Article
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