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• 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.