OBJECTIVES Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common indication for emergency abdominal surgery, although it remains difficult to diagnose. In this study, we investigated the the clinical utility of mean platelet volume in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. METHODS The medical records of 241 patients who had undergone appendectomy between June 2013 and March 2014 were investigated retrospe...

I read with great interest the article by Sakalli and associates on the mean platelet volume as a potential predictor of renovascular thrombosis after a renal transplant.1 This study showed that platelet numbers increased, and mean platelet volume levels decreased, after a pediatric renal transplant. However, I want to make a minor criticism of this study: In the Methods section, the authors fa...

Aim. The aim of this study was to evaluate the platelet counts and the mean platelet volume in patients who received isotretinoin for the treatment of acne vulgaris. Method. A total of 110 patients were included in this retrospective study. Complete blood count parameters were recorded prior to and three-months following the treatment. Results. Both platelet counts and the mean platelet volume ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the role of hemogram parameters such as platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and the MPV/PLT ratio in predicting the risk of postoperative vomiting (POV) in children after tooth extraction under deep sedation. METHODS A total of 100 American Society of Anesthesiology Classification I and II pediatric patients who underwent tooth extraction procedures under...

BACKGROUND Studies have supported the correlation between mean platelet volume and COPD. However, there are limited data on the relationship between COPD exacerbation and mean platelet volume. We aimed to evaluate the mean platelet volume trend in patients with COPD exacerbation. METHODS A total of 81 subjects, 62 men and 19 women, who were admitted to the hospital because of exacerbation of ...

[Purpose] Osteoporosis is an inflammatory disease, and platelets play a critical role in bone remodeling. Mean platelet volume has been shown to be influenced by inflammation. Our aim was to evaluate the relationship between mean platelet volume and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. [Subjects and Methods] The records of female patients who had been referred to a tertiary hospital fo...

The Coulter counter, model S Plus, Provides a platelet count and a mean platelet volume in all routine specimens of blood for cell count. The value of mean platelet volume in the prediction of the haemostatic potential of thrombocytopenic patients was investigated in 175 patients with haematological disorders who underwent 1473 blood counts over five months. Eighty-four haemorrhagic episodes we...