Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Transfusion-dependent Thalassemia Patients in a Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital in Nepal: An Observational Study
β-thalassemia major was the most common type of transfusion dependent thalassemia in our study. There was male predominance, and over half of the patients had iron overload and some form of complications of thalassemia. Regular follow up and compliance to chelation therapy has to be focused for better care of transfusion dependent thalassemia patients.
Authors
- Yoveen Kumar Yadav
- Hema Joshi
- Bikal Ghimire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-3387)
- Bishow Nath Adhikari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-6044)
- Sudhir Sapkota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-7585)
- Bikash Sah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6938-1425)
- Sani Sipai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3229-6590)
- Abhinav Poudel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7671-5911)
- Manish Chaudhary
- Ajit Rayamajhi
- Amod Rayamajhi
Institutions
- Bir Hospital (NP)
- Regional Municipality of Niagara (CA)
- Kanti Children's Hospital (NP)
- National Academy of Medical Sciences (NP)
- Bassett Medical Center (US)
- Helen Keller International Nepal (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association
- Published
- 2025-09-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.v63i290.9213
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00