TITLE:
Blood Count Characteristics of Children Hospitalized in General Pediatrics at the Gabriel Touré Teaching Hospital
AUTHORS:
Pierre Togo, Abdoul Karim Doumbia, Oumar Coulibaly, Abdoul Aziz Diakité, Moussa Tembély, Adama Dembélé, Hawa Gouro Diall, Mohamed Elmouloud Cissé, Fousseyni Traoré, Belco Maïga, Karamoko Sacko, Djénéba Konaté, Ibrahim Ahamadou, Fatoumata Léonie Diakité, Lala N’Drainy Sidibé, Guédiouma Dembélé, Oumou Koné, Amadou Touré, Yacouba Aba Coulibaly, Leyla Bagna Maïga, Aminata Doumbia, Hawa Konaré, Kalirou Traoré, Souleymane Sagara, Tati Simaga, Fatoumata Dicko, Mariam Sylla, Boubacar Togo
KEYWORDS:
Characteristic, Blood Count, Child
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pediatrics,
Vol.13 No.4,
July
26,
2023
ABSTRACT: Objective: The main objective was to study the disturbances of the Blood Count of
children hospitalized in the general pediatric of the Gabriel Touré teaching
hospital. Methods: This was a prospective and descriptive study
conducted from September 1 to November 30, 2018 in the general pediatrics
department of the Gabriel Touré teaching hospital in Bamako. Data were
collected on patient records using a survey sheet. Results: We collected
512 files of children out of 1030 admissions during the study period; the rate
of completion of the blood count is 50%. The male sex was predominant with a
sex ratio of 1.3. The majority of patients were under 5 years old (58%). The
majority of fathers (56%) and mothers (64%) of children had no education; they
are mainly farmers (61%) and housewives (88%). Pallor was the reason for
consultation in 29% of patients and present in 60%. On blood count, anemia was
present in 92% of patients, half of whom (50%) had severe anemia with a
hemoglobin level below 7 g/dL. The anemia was mainly microcytic (72%) and
hypochromic (66%). Hyperleukocytosis (62%), eosinophilia (68%) and basophilia
(58%) were the abnormalities observed in the white line. Thrombocytopenia
accounted for 40%. Severe malaria (53%) was the main discharge diagnosis and
almost all patients (99%) were alive at discharge. Conclusion: The characteristics
of anemia require a study of the complete blood count in healthy children with
dosage of serum iron and ferritin for a better understanding of the phenomenon.