Department of Pediatrics, Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa international Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Department of Pediatrics, Shifa College of Medicne, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Jan;71(1(A)):78-80. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.589.
To study the frequency and types of haemoglobinopathies in children with microcytic anaemia.
The prospective study was conducted at the Paediatric Out-patient Department of Shifa Falahi Community Health Centre, Islamabad, Pakistan, from July to December, 2018, and comprised patients aged from 3 months to 14 years who had haemoglobin <10mg/dl and mean corpuscular volume <70fL. Serum ferritin and haemoglobin electrophoresis were done to check for iron deficiency anaemia and haemoglobinopathies. Data was analysed using SPSS 23.
Of 175 subjects, 33(18.9%) had haemoglobinopathies and 142(81.1%) had iron deficiency anaemia. Thalassemia trait 18(10.3%) was the leading cause amongst haemoglobinopathies, followed by thalassemia major 8(4.6 %) and intermedia 5(2.9%). There were 2(1.1%) patients with haemoglobin D.
The prevalence of haemoglobinopathies was high. Identification of haemoglobinopathies is important for proper treatment, antenatal screening and future genetic counselling.
研究小细胞性贫血患儿中血红蛋白病的频率和类型。
本前瞻性研究于 2018 年 7 月至 12 月在巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡 Shifa Falahi 社区卫生中心儿科门诊进行,纳入血红蛋白<10mg/dl 且平均红细胞体积<70fL 的 3 个月至 14 岁患儿。检测血清铁蛋白和血红蛋白电泳以排除缺铁性贫血和血红蛋白病。采用 SPSS 23 对数据进行分析。
175 例患儿中,33 例(18.9%)存在血红蛋白病,142 例(81.1%)存在缺铁性贫血。血红蛋白病中最常见的是 18 例(10.3%)地中海贫血 1 型,其次是 8 例(4.6%)重型地中海贫血和 5 例(2.9%)中间型地中海贫血。有 2 例(1.1%)患儿存在血红蛋白 D。
血红蛋白病的患病率较高。识别血红蛋白病对于正确治疗、产前筛查和未来遗传咨询很重要。