Could mean platelet volume be a useful marker for infectious diseases? a review of literature

Autor: Cumhur Artuk, Murat Afyon
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Medicine Science, Vol 5, Iss 4, Pp 1059-62 (2016)
Cİlt: 5 Sayı: 4; Volume: 5, Issue: 4 1059-1062
Medicine Science
ISSN: 2147-0634
Popis: Mean platelet volume (MPV), a parameter of complete blood count analysis, measures the average size of platelets. The alterations of MPV levels have been described as a diagnostic or prognostic predictor in patients with infectious diseases including sepsis, infective endocarditis, pneumonia, brucellosis, cellulitis, acute pyelonephritis, ascites fluid infection, hepatitis B or hepatitis C in recent studies. Although some matters still remain unclear, it can be said that MPV, especially in a score system, may be a cost-effective and useful marker for monitoring and predicting outcomes in patients with some infectious diseases in the future. [Med-Science 2016; 5(4.000): 1059-62]
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