Can Platelet Count and Platelet Indices Predict the Risk and the Prognosis of Preeclampsia?

CONCLUSION: We suggest that the increasing platelet turnover in PE causes a decrease in the PC, an increase of MPV value and especially a decrease in PC/MPV ratio pointing that these parameters may play an important role in predicting the risk of PE while they have no role on predicting the severity of PE. According to our findings we can suggest that the patients with these cut-off values of PC and platelet indices, should be carefully followed for the development of PE. PMID: 26362129 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Hypertension in Pregnancy - February 17, 2016 Category: OBGYN Tags: Hypertens Pregnancy Source Type: research