ArticleAfrican health sciences2014
A new diagnostic marker for acute pulmonary embolism in emergency department: mean platelet volume.
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Monocyte To Large Platelet Ratio As A Diagnostic Marker For Acute Pulmonary Embolism
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between mean platelet volume and pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Aging · 2021Pooled it
- The Prognostic Role of Hematological Markers in Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Enhancing Risk Stratification.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Diagnostic accuracy of adropin as a preliminary test to exclude acute pulmonary embolism: a prospective study.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2022Article
- Use of Radiology, D-Dimer, and Mean Platelet Volume Combination as a Prognostic Marker in Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease-19 Patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Role of Mean-Platelet Volume in Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review.Clinical medicine insights. Circulatory, respiratory and pulmonary medicine · 2020Article
- Prognostic value of platelet indices in patients with acute pulmonary thromboembolism.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2020Article
- Diagnostic validity of hematologic parameters in evaluation of massive pulmonary embolism.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2017Article
- Non communicable diseases and infections refuse to go away despite current knowledge and scientific advances.African health sciences · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the diagnostic importance of mean platelet volume (MPV) on acute pulmonary embolism (APE) in the emergency Department (ED).
methodsSubjects were selected from patients admitted to ED with clinically suspected APE. Demographic, anthropometric and serologic data were collected for each patient.
resultsA total of 315 consecutive patients were analyzed, including 150 patients (53.44 ± 15.14 y; 92 men/58 women) in APE group and 165 patients (49.80 ±13.76y; 94 men/71 women) in the control group. MPV in the APE group was significantly higher than in the control group (9.42±1.22 fl vs. 8.04±0.89 fl, p<0.0001). The best cut-off values for MPV when predicting APE in patients with clinically suspected APE presenting at the ED were 8.55 fl (sensitivity 82.2%; specificity 52.3%).
conclusionsMPV is a helpful parameter for the diagnosis of APE in ED, for the first time in the literature.
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