Vasanthakumar, H (2015) A Study on Red Cell Distribution Width in Patients on Different Stages of Hypertension. Masters thesis, Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai.
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AIM OF THE STUDY: To detect the presence of microalbuminuria and red cell distribution width in patients with hypertension and to study, of hypertension the correlation of microalbuminuria and red cell distribution width in patients on different stages. Methods and Materials: Patients with hypertension of varying durations coming to Royapettah Government Hospital were chosen as subjects for this study, during the period of April 2014 to September 2014. Study design: cross sectional study design. Place of study: Government Royapettah Hospital, Department of Medicine. Collabrating Department: Department of hypertension, Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai-14. Period of study: April 2014 to September 2014. Sample size: 50. Study population (subjects): hypertensive patients coming to Royapettah Government Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Hypertension. Inclusion criteria; Patients with essential hypertension coming to Government Royapettah Hospital. Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with severe anemia, 2. Patient with acute blood loss. A total of 50 patients were studied. All subjects were investigated in detail including history of symptoms and signs suggestive of target organ damage, duration of hypertension, drug history, previous blood pressure recordings, complete urine analysis, complete blood count with Red Cell Distribution width, biochemistry (urea, creatinine, FBS), ECG, 24 hours urine for microalbuminuria estimation was done by Immune Turbidmetric assay. Red cell distribution width was measured using Auto Hematology Analyser. OUTCOMES: To study the correlation brtween microalbuminuria and red cell distribution width in patients on different stages of hypertension. CONCLUSION: The increase in red cell distribution width with increase in blood pressure correlated with microalbuminuria in hypertensive patients. The correlation between increase in red cell distribution width and increase in blood pressure was more significant with systolic blood pressure elevation. Age, gender, hemoglobin concentration, duration of hypertension did not show correlation between red cell distribution width and microalbuminuria in these hypertensive patients. Microalbuminuria is more common in patients with long standing disease. Red cell distribution width is higher in patients with poor treatment compliance.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Hypertesnsion stages ; Red cell distribution width ; correlation ; Microalbuminuria. |
| Subjects: | MEDICAL > General Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Punitha K |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2018 18:54 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2018 02:41 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/7911 |
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