OBJECTIVES Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Platelet activation and aggregation are central processes in the pathophysiology of atherothrombosis. Mean platelet volume (MPV), a determinant of platelet activation, is a newly-emerging risk factor for atherothrombosis. Therefore, we have investigated the possible associatio...

BACKGROUND Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a measure of platelet volume. It reveals the presence of inflammatory burden and disease activity in many diseases. Serum uric acid (SUA) is one of the most important antioxidants in human biological fluids and is responsible for neutralizing > 50% of the free radicals in the human blood. For this reason, it was thought that the antioxidant effects of SU...

Some studies show increased mean platelet volume (MPV) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aim of this study was to evaluate MPV in OSA patients without cardiovascular risk factors and the possible association of heart rate derivatives with MPV. A total of 82 patients (aged 30-70 years) were divided into 2 groups according to the presence of either OSA or non-OSA as the control group. The OSA...

INTRODUCTION Platelets play important roles in airway inflammation and are activated in inflammatory lung diseases, including asthma. AIM We evaluated the mean platelet volume (MPV), used as a marker of platelet activation, in asthmatic patients during asymptomatic periods and exacerbations compared to healthy controls to determine whether MPV can be used as an indicator of inflammation. MA...

AIM The aim of the study was to compare the yield of mean platelet volume (MPV), total prostate specific antigen (tPSA), free prostate specific antigen (fPSA), f/t PSA ratio and complex prostate specific antigen (cPSA) in patients with prostatitis. MATERIAL AND METHOD The study was designed in the Kayseri Education and Research Hospital. Ninety-six patients with prostatitis were enrolled retr...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to compare the value of hematological parameters, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), and mean platelet volume (MPV), as indicators of anterior uveal segment involvement in patients with Behcet's disease (BD). PATIENTS AND METHODS Hospital-based records of a total of 912 patients with BD from the dermatology clin...

BACKGROUND Elevated mean platelet volume (MPV) has been recently discussed as a predictor of death in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), but the cut-off point of MPV in relation to poor prognosis has not been estimated so far. The aim of this study was to evaluate MPV and its prognostic value in ACS complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS). Such an analysis in patients with the most seri...

BACKGROUND Vascular and bleeding complications remain important complications in patients undergoing percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TF-TAVI). Platelets play an important role in bleeding events. Mean platelet volume (MPV) is an indicator of platelet activation. The objective of this study was to assess whether low MPV is an indicator of major vascular and ble...

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BACKGROUND Platelet activation and consumption are common in critically ill patients and are associated with poorer prognosis. Mean platelet volume is a simple surrogate for platelet activation, with higher MPV being associated with worse clinical condition on a large array of clinical diagnoses. We therefore aimed to investigate associations between changes in platelet count and mean platelet ...