Background : A retrospective study was done in the Pediatric ward /AL-Kadhimiyia Teaching Hospital on cases diagnosed as idiopathic thrombocytopenic Purpura admitted since the first of January1992 – the end of December 2004.
Aim of the study : The objective of this paper is to review the natural history of idiopathic thrombocytopenic Purpura , presenting feature and response to treatment.
Patients and methods : The review included age ,sex , clinical presentation , physical finding , complications , investigation ,treatment and course of the diseases .
Results: total number of the patients were 65, peak age was between (2 -5) years, 40 cases (61.53%). Females were affected more than Males with male: female ratio of 1: 2.09 .There was no seasonal variation and all of the cases were preceded by viral upper respiratory tract infection .The main presentation was petechiae and ecchymosis, were found in all of them (100%) followed by epistaxis, 43 cases (66.15 %). In the majority the platelet count was < 20.000 X 10 9 /L, 32 cases (49.23 %) and the hemoglobin level was between 10 – 11gm /dl in most of them, 43 cases (66.15%). Steroid was the first line treatment, response occur within 2 – 3 weeks in the majority, 51 cases (78.46%). Chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic Purpura occurred in 3 cases only (4.61%).Splenectomy was done in 2 of them (66.66%). No mortality detected.
Conclusion : Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is a mild disease with complete recovery in the majority of patients
In Iraq, child’s health had been deteriorated over three turbulent decades starting from the huge and rapid degradation of the country infrastructure by Iraq –Iran war (1980-1988), Gulf War in 1991, and economic sanction.
Background: neonatal period is the most vulnerable and high risk time in the life because of the highest mortality incidence in human life during this period. Neonatal mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths twenty seven completed days of live per 1000 live births.
Objectives: To determine the neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Al-Ramadi province, the center of Al-Anbar Governorate, Western Iraq, from 2003-2013 with rate comparison of the two different stages of that period.
Methods: Data were collected from the births and deaths certificate center in Al- Ramadi province, Western Iraq, included; age, sex, address ,date of birth and cause of death. Data collected in two different periods, the first period from 2003- 2007 and
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... Show MoreThis aim research of this discussion impact of investment in human capital dimensions (training, education, knowledge management, skills development) and its components (knowledge, skills, abilities, value) with the Office of the Inspector General's staff - Ministry of Culture in Iraq, has depended questionnaire as a tool in the collection data and information ,subjected to a measure of validity and reliability, and distributed to a sample of (63) individuals were distributed in positions (director, director of the Division of employees) have been analyzed data search using ready-statistical software (SPSS) the used hypothesis testing and correlati
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