Hematology profile of under five years old children suffered from acute diarrhea at Idaman Banjarbaru Hospital, Indonesia

Abstract

Introduction: Acute diarrhea is fecal discharge >3 times in 24 hours occurring <14 days. Diarrhea is still a health problem in Indonesia. This study aimed to determine the hematological profile in cases of acute diarrhea in children under five. The hematological profile can help diagnose acute diarrhea. Methods: This research method is a descriptive retrospective with data from the medical records of patients with acute diarrhea in children under five at Idaman Banjarbaru Hospital in July - October 2018. The sampling technique was carried out using consecutive sampling. Results: In this study, a sample of 109 children, 65 boys and 44 girls, were obtained. The results showed that 69.72% of the patients had anemia, and 62.39% had iron deficiency anemia (IDA). Leukocytosis and thrombocytosis were found in 16.51%, 23.85% of patients. Basophilia, eosinopenia, band neutropenia, segmented neutropenia, normal, lymphocytosis, monocytosis were found in 100%, 67%, 99%, 67%, 66%, 60%, respectively. IDA is found in 62.39% of children under five who suffer from acute diarrhea. Conclusion: Typical lab results are the presence of basophilia, eosinophenia, band neutropenia, lymphocytosis, and monocytosis. TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back