SynthesisBiochemia medica2016
The use of platelet indices, plateletcrit, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in emergency non-traumatic abdominal surgery: a systematic review.
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 285 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Preeclampsia has an association with both platelet count and mean platelet volume: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Platelet-associated parameters in patients with psoriasis: A PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Are Platelet Volume, Density, and the Homeostatic Blueprint the Missing Link in Platelet-Rich Plasma Therapies? An Evidence-Based Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Hepcidin as a Biomarker of Response to Antifibrotic Therapy in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Clinical characteristics and predictors for the presence of pediatric intussusception secondary to pathological lead points.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Article
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- Sex-specific hemostatic responses and alterations of Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and D-dimer in mild COVID-19, Malaria, and co-infection in a tropical setting: A case-control study in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- The Association Between Platelet Indices and Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Platelet-related parameters at initial diagnosis for predicting the risk of chronicity in children with newly diagnosed immune thrombocytopenia.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Laboratory Data Analysis of Hemorrhagic Fever With Renal Syndrome Patients to Predict Disease Severity and Patient Prognosis.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025Article
- Perioperative leukocyte-plateletcrit shift as a prognostic signature in glioblastoma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Platelet Indices and Reticulated Platelets Using the ADVIA 2120 Analyzer in Patients with Acute Infection or Acute Coronary Syndrome, at Onset.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Epigenetic landscape of hormone-independent sexual dimorphism and characterization of canine XIST.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The causal relationship between platelet indices and liver cancer: a bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization study.Discover oncology · 2025Article
- Associations between platelet indices and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in cognitively intact adults: the CABLE study.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2025Article
- Investigating the association between the severity of acute pancreatitis and red blood cell distribution width and platelet distribution width in patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis referred to Imam Khomeini Hospital in Ahvaz from 2018 to 2021.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Maternal and fetal outcomes in 151 cases of thrombocytopenia in pregnancy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Article
- Elevated MPV: A Key Indicator of Acute Anterior Circulation Stroke Prognosis in Mechanical Thrombectomy.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2025Article
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Abstract
Platelet indices (PI) -- plateletcrit, mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) -- are a group of derived platelet parameters obtained as a part of the automatic complete blood count. Emerging evidence suggests that PIs may have diagnostic and prognostic value in certain diseases. This study aimed to summarize the current scientific knowledge on the potential role of PIs as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in patients having emergency, non-traumatic abdominal surgery. In December 2015, we searched Medline/PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar to identify all articles on PIs. Overall, considerable evidence suggests that PIs are altered with acute appendicitis. Although the role of PI in the differential diagnosis of acute abdomen remains uncertain, low MPV might be useful in acute appendicitis and acute mesenteric ischemia, with high MPV predicting poor prognosis in acute mesenteric ischemia. The current lack of consistency and technical standards in studies involving PIs should be regarded as a serious limitation to comparing these studies. Further large, multicentre prospective studies concurrently collecting data from different ethnicities and genders are needed before they can be used in routine clinical practice.
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