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Volume 4

Journal of Pediatric Care

ISSN: 2471-805X

Page 62

JOINT EVENT

May 07-08, 2018 Frankfurt, Germany

International Conference on

Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery

Edition of International Conference on

Neonatology and Perinatology

Demographic and clinical characteristics of immune thrombocytopenia in Sudanese children

Fathelrahman Elawad

Al-Neelain University, Sudan

Background:

The demographic and clinical profile of immune thrombocytopenia is well reported in the literature but was not

reported before from Sudan.

Method:

A retrospective chart review was performed for all children diagnosed as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) in three

major hospitals over six and half year period. 47 patients were identified and their median age was 6.5 years. Males and

females were equally affected. A preceding upper respiratory infection was present in one third of patients. Epistaxis was the

commonest presenting feature (87.2%), where gastrointestinal bleeding, gross hematuria and subconjunctival bleeding were

the presenting features in 36.2%, 19.1% and 4.3% respectively. Ecchymosis and petechiae were the commonest clinical signs,

seen in 46.8% and 29.8% respectively. Chronic ITP constituted one third of patients. Steroids were the first line of treatment

and no death was encountered.

Conclusion:

ITP in Sudanese children has similar features as those reported before; however, gross hematuria and

gastrointestinal bleeding were seen more frequent in them.

J Pediatr Care, Volume 4

DOI: 10.21767/2471-805X-C2-009