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- Title
A STUDY TO INVESTIGATE THE PREVALENCE OF REPORTED GINGIVAL BLEEDING IN CARDIOVASCULAR AND HEMATOLOGICAL DISEASE: A RETROSPECTIVE RECORD REVIEW.
- Authors
M., Nur Akmal; R., Asia
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of reported gingival bleeding (RGB) in cardiovascular (CVD) and hematological diseases (HD) in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) from January 2000 to December 2006. Patients & Method: A retrospective record review involving 291 patients with known CVD and HD who attended HUSM clinics from January 2000 to December 2006 was done. Cases selected for review included myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease (CAD), unstable angina, stroke and hypertension for CVD group and hemophilia, thrombocytopenia, leukaemia, myelofibrosis and purpura for HD group. Selection of the cases was done using systematic random sampling technique and data was recorded in a case report form. Data obtained was analyzed using SPSS version 12.0. Results: A total of 291 cases were recorded during the study period. Out of the 291, 74.57% (217) had CVD and 24.43% (74) had HD. In CVD group, 116(53.7%) were hypertension, 75(34.72%) unstable angina, 17(7.87%) stroke, 7(3.24%) myocardial infraction and 1(0.46%) were CAD cases. In HD group, 47(62.67%) were thrombocytopenia, 14(18.67) hemophilia, 2(2.67%) purpura while myelofibrosis and leukaemia cases were 6(8%) each. Among CVD patients, 6(2.76%) had RGB while 12(16.21%) had RGB in HD group. In CVD group, prevalence of RGB was highest in hypertension 4(66.7%) while in HD group, it was highest in patients with thrombocytopenia 6(54.5%). Discussion & Conclusions: Gingival bleeding is more common in haematological diseases compared to cardiovascular diseases in this patient population. 16.21% of diagnosed haematological patients had reported gingival bleeding.
- Subjects
MALAYSIA; GINGIVAL diseases; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; MYOCARDIAL infarction; HEMOPHILIA
- Publication
Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008, p206
- ISSN
1394-195X
- Publication type
Article