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ArticleClinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Platelet Aggregation in Healthy Participants is Not Affected by Smoking, Drinking Coffee, Consuming a High-Fat Meal, or Performing Physical Exercise.

Joyce P M Krekels, Paul W M Verhezen, Yvonne M C Henskens

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Article in Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joyce P M Krekels1 Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Cluster for Hemostasis and Transfusion, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-8411
Paul W M Verhezen1 Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Cluster for Hemostasis and Transfusion, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Yvonne M C Henskens1 Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Cluster for Hemostasis and Transfusion, Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Maastricht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Platelet aggregation can be measured using optical aggregation (light transmission aggregometry, LTA) as well as by impedance (Multiplate analyzer). The LTA (the gold standard method) can be influenced by many preanalytical variables. Several guidelines differ in recommendations for the duration patients should refrain from smoking, coffee, fatty meals, and physical exercise prior to blood collection for performing platelet function tests. In this pilot study, the influence of smoking, coffee, high-fat meal, or physical exercise on platelet aggregation was investigated to improve patient friendliness and laboratory logistics in platelet function diagnostics. Standardized blood collection was performed when participants were fasting and after each parameter (n=5 per group). As a control for diurnal fluctuations, participants (n=6) were fasting during both blood collections. Platelet aggregation was executed using standardized methods for LTA and Multiplate analyzer. Statistical analysis of the results using Wilcoxon signed-rank test did not show any significant differences in platelet aggregation in healthy participants under different preanalytical variables. Therefore, these variables are not expected to adversely affect testing, which can avoid canceling tests for those patients who inevitably did.

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PMID29916260
PMCPMC6714925
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