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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 632-638 |
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Clinicoepidemiologic features of chronic spontaneous urticaria in patients with elevated plasma D-dimer levels versus those without it: A case–control cross-sectional study of 100 indian patients
Shailja Chauhan1, Vikram K Mahajan1, Karaninder S Mehta1, Rajinder S Yadav2, Pushpinder S Chauhan1, Satya Bhushan2, Vikas Sharma1, Anuj Sharma1, Dhaarna Wadhwa1, Aditi Sharma1
1 Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, India
2 Department of Biochemistry, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Vikram K Mahajan
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda) - 176 001, Himachal Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/idoj.IDOJ_505_18
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Background: Activated coagulation cascade is implicated in urticaria pathogenesis marked by high plasma D-dimer, a marker of fibrinolysis, levels correlating with high urticaria activity score (UAS) and poor therapeutic outcome. Methods: Quantitative plasma D-dimer levels and coagulation parameters in 100 (male:female ratio 1:3) Indian patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria and age- and gender-matched healthy controls were compared. The clinicoepidemiologic features of chronic urticaria were then compared among patients with normal (≤0.2 mg/L) and elevated (≥0.3 mg/L) plasma D-dimer levels. Results: Plasma D-dimer in 23% patients and 4% controls and prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time in 63% and 5% patients, respectively, were significantly higher compared with 58% and 1% of controls, respectively. About 18 of 72 (25%) patients with high UAS of ≥16–42 were compared with 5 of 28 (17.8%) patients with UAS7 of ≤15. Patients with elevated plasma D-dimer levels had significantly more systemic symptoms (86.9% vs. 81.8%) compared with patients with normal plasma D-dimer levels. Conclusion: A subset of patients with chronic urticaria have elevated plasma D-dimer levels and exhibit higher UAS7 and systemic symptoms that may influence long-term prognosis and therapeutic choices. Small number of patients, a cross-sectional nature of study, lack of treatment outcome measures, information on self-medication, and unavailability of specific parameters for coagulation pathway activation remain few limitations of this study.
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