NEONATAL THROMBOCYTOPENIA: A COMMON CLINICAL PROBLEM

Petechial Hemorrhage: A clinical diagnosis of neonatal Thrombocytopenia and sepsis

A preterm female baby with birth weight of 1.5kg was referred to our hospital on day 6 for difficulty in breathing. Baby was admitted at birth for respiratory distress and feed intolerance to other hospital and in view of clinical deterioration baby was referred. Baby had thrombocytopenia with platelets counts of 11000/ mm3 and high CRP titer. Baby had petechial haemorrhagic spots all over the ...

petechial hemorrhage: a clinical diagnosis of neonatal thrombocytopenia and sepsis

a preterm female baby with birth weight of 1.5kg was referred to our hospital on day 6 for difficulty in breathing. baby was admitted at birth for respiratory distress and feed intolerance to other hospital and in view of clinical deterioration baby was referred. baby had thrombocytopenia with platelets counts of 11000/ mm3 and high crp titer. baby had petechial haemorrhagic spots all over the ...

Osteopetrosis Presenting with Neonatal Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report

Background: Osteopetrosisis an inherited and rare bone disease, characterized by the impairment ofbone modeling and remodeling and the failure of osteoclasts to resorb bone. It also results in skeletal fragility despite increased bone mass, and may cause hematopoietic insufficiency, disturbed tooth eruption, nerve entrapment syndromes, and growth impairment. The infantile form of the disease is...

Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.

Vertigo: A Common Problem in Clinical Practice

Vertigo/dizziness accounts for more than 2% of all consultations in general practice and emergency departments. Vertigo is 1 of the 10 most common symptoms for which patients seek medical advice. Most of these patients are elderly people, with an increased prevalence up to the age of 50 years; approximately 30% of 65-year-old people experience recurrent episodes of vertigo. Disturbances in bala...