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RMJ. 2012; 37(4): 370-373 Pancytopenia: experience in a teriary care hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan.Nazish Shinwari, Fazle Raziq, Khalid Khan, Farooq Taj Uppal, Hamzullah Khan. Abstract | | | | Objectives: To determine the causes of pancytopenia, in patients presenting to a tertiary care hospital of Peshawar.
Subject and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in the department of pathology, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, from Sept 2007 to February 2009. A total of hundred patients with established diagnosis of the pancytopenia were selected through non-probability sampling techniques. Relevant information’s were obtained from the patients with the help of a predesigned questionnaire prepared in accordance with the objectives of the study.
Results: Out of 455 patients who underwent bone marrow biopsies, 100 patients were selected who were fulfilling the inclusion criteria. Sixty four patients were males and 36 females. The age range f the patients was from
Key words: Pancytopenia, Megaloblastic anaemia, Aplastic anaemia.
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