Patterns of Anaemia of Chronic Liver Disease Patient; A Cross-Sectional Study

Liver diseases are frequently associated with hematological abnormality. Anaemia of diverse etiology occurs in 75% of patient with chronic liver disease. The present study aimed to find out the prevalence and type of anaemia among chronic liver disease patient. This cross-sectional type of observation study was conducted among 138 patients attended and admitted in DMCH and BSMMU. Haemoglobin level was determined by using automated haematology analyzer. Morphological type of anaemia was studied and anaemia is defined by WHO. A total number of 138 CLD patients are evaluated. The mean age ± SD of participants is 38.27 ± 16.20 with range of 10-80 years. The distribution of patients according to sex, male79.0% is predominant and female (21.0%). Mean haemoglobin (gm/dL) is found in 9.30 ±2.45. Haemoglobin is decreased among the CLD patients, moderate form of anaemia (39.2%) in majority of patients followed by mild form (27.5%) and severe form only (5.8%). Anaemia is prominent finding in this study, severity of anaemia is mild to moderate in majority cases and normochromic normocytic anaemia is predominant than other type of anaemia. Early recognition of these potentially treatable condition can help in achieving better outcome.