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Prevalence of Steroid Non-Responsive Immune Thrombocytopenia Patient in Vajira Hospital |
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| Creator | 1. Jompol Srichot 2. Rattana Boonsirichan |
| Title | Prevalence of Steroid Non-Responsive Immune Thrombocytopenia Patient in Vajira Hospital |
| Publisher | Text and Journal Publication |
| Publication Year | 2560 |
| Journal Title | Vajira Medical Journal |
| Journal Vol. | 61 |
| Journal No. | 3 |
| Page no. | 207 - 214 |
| Keyword | immune thrombocytopenia, ITP, steroid non-response ITP |
| ISSN | 0125-1252 |
| Abstract | Objective: Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is frequently found in general practice. The first-line therapy is corticosteroid; however, some ITP patients do not response to corticosteroid. These patients are at risk of life-threatening bleeding during thrombocytopenic period. The epidemiologic and clinical risk predictors of steroid non-responsive ITP are not completely known. We aimed to study the epidemiology and clinical predictors of steroid non-responsive adult ITP patients. Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study in patients aged 15 years and older who had been diagnosed as ITP at Hematology Clinic, Vajira Hospital between 1st January 2013 and 31st December 2015. Baseline characteristics and clinical predictors of steroid non-responsive ITP were analyzed. Results: Of 80 adult patients with ITP, 27 were steroid non-responsive. (33.8%). Fifty-seven patients were female (71.3%). Mean age was 57 years. Time from diagnosis to treatment was mainly less than 12 months (93.8%). Majority of these patients did not have underlying disease nor positive serology (i.e. HBsAg, Anti-HCV, Anti-HIV and ANA). Platelet counts at presentation were mainly less than 20,000 cell/mm3 (58.8%). The analysis of binary logistic regression, found none of clinical factors was statistically significantly correlated with steroid non-responsive ITP. Conclusion: Prevalence of steroid non-responsive was 33.8% of all ITP patients in Vajira hospital. None of clinical factors was statistically significantly correlated with steroid non-responsive. |
