Validity of Mean Platelet Volume to Detect Hyperdestructive & Hypoproductive Thrombocytopenia in Tertiary Care Setting

Authors

  • Wardah Aslam Department Of Pathology, Noori Hospital Islamabad
  • Maryam Habib Faculty Of Pathology Shifa College Of Medicine
  • Mobina Ahsan Dodhy Faculty Of Pathology, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College Sialkot
  • Masooma Shaheen Department Of Pathology, District Headquarter Attock
  • Madiha Habib Faculty Of Dentistry, University Of Malaya, Malaysia

Keywords:

Thrombocytopenia, hyper-destructive & hypo-productive thrombocytopenia, Mean platelet volume

Abstract

Objective: Determine the validity of mean platelet volume (MPV) to detect hyper-destructive & hypoproductive
thrombocytopenia, keeping bone marrow aspiration and biopsy as gold standard.
Study Design: Cross sectional (Validation) study.
Material and Methods: A total number of 147 patients of thrombocytopenia were enrolled.CBC of the patient
was done using an EDTA sample. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy was also performed. Keeping aspiration
results as gold standard specificity and sensitivity of MPV was validated in diagnosing the type of
thrombocytopenia.
Results: Mean platelet volume has a Sensitivity 95%, Specificity 15.7%, Positive Predictive Value64%, Negative
Predictive Value 69.2% in detecting Hyper-destructive thrombocytopenia. It has a Sensitivity of 15.7%, Specificity
95.5% with a Positive Predictive Value of 69%and Negative Predictive Value of 64% in detecting Hypoproductive
thrombocytopenia.
Conclusion: Mean platelet volume has limited sensitivity and specificity and can be used as an initial indicator
but bone marrow aspiration and biopsy remains the gold standard for distinguishing between hyper-destructive
and hypo-productive thrombocytopenia.

Downloads

Published

2018-11-21

Issue

Volume.15,Issue (July-September,2017)

Section

Original article

License

Copyright (c) 2018 Wardah Aslam, Maryam Habib, Mobina Ahsan Dodhy, Masooma Shaheen, Madiha Habib

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Readers may “Share-copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format” and “Adapt-remix, transform, and build upon the material”. The readers must give appropriate credit to the source of the material and indicate if changes were made to the material. Readers may not use the material for commercial purpose. The readers may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

How to Cite

1.
Aslam W, Habib M, Dodhy MA, Shaheen M, Habib M. Validity of Mean Platelet Volume to Detect Hyperdestructive & Hypoproductive Thrombocytopenia in Tertiary Care Setting. Int J Pathol [Internet]. 2018 Nov. 21 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];:99-102. Available from: https://jpathology.com/index.php/OJS/article/view/292