Salma Awad Mohamed Rahma
Department of Infectious Disease, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPublications
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Research
Differences in Prevalence of Haematological Abnormalities on Presentation to Hospital in COVID 19 Infected adult and Paediatric Patients: A Retrospective Multicenter Descriptive Study
Author(s): Saubia Fathima*, Salma Awad Mohamed Rahma, Farah Ghayoor Chughtai, Zoubia Mohamed, Sally Awad Mohamed Rahma, Harshitha Janardhan, Lana G Adra, Maymona Motasim Mohammad, Rommana Mehdi, Anam Ahsan and Diary Mohammad
Background: It is well known that COVID 19 infection affects multiple systems in the body. Reports have documented many changes in the hematopoietic system in the pathophysiology of the disease. Aim: The aim of the study was to find out the prevalence and any significant difference in routine haematological parameters on presentation in Paediatric and adult patients with COVID 19 infection. Methodology: We conducted a multicenter retrospective descriptive observational study and investigated the prevalence of haematological abnormalities at presentation of 1000 PCR swab confirmed COVID 19 infected randomly selected adult and Paediatric patients admitted to 3 tertiary hospital in Dubai. Data was gathered through their electronic medical records and all analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS). Results: The prevalence of at least one abnorm.. Read More»