ArticleClinical epidemiology2020
Platelet Count within the Normal Range at Hospital Admission is Associated with Mortality in Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Article in Clinical epidemiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Factors associated with in-hospital mortality and treatment withdrawal in mechanically ventilated children with severe pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study.Translational pediatrics · 2026Article
- Association between platelet count and 30-day mortality in community-acquired pneumonia patients receiving systemic glucocorticoids therapy.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Reactive thrombocytosis in hospitalized pneumonia reflects intense inflammation and confers context-dependent mortality risk.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2026Article
- Association of the Cumulative Inflammatory Index and Long-Term Mortality in Stroke-Associated Pneumonia.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Novel pneumonia score based on Systemic Immune-inflammation Index and Prognostic Nutritional Index in elderly patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index and Long-Term Mortality in Patients with Stroke-Associated Pneumonia.Journal of inflammation research · 2023Article
- Comparison of Different Scoring Systems for Prediction of Mortality and ICU Admission in Elderly CAP Population.Clinical interventions in aging · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundApart from their hemostatic role, platelets are immune cells that play a role in fighting infections. The presence of thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis at hospital admission are predictors of mortality in community-acquired pneumonia patients. We hypothesized that variations in platelet counts within the normal range also may be associated with mortality in these patients.
methodsThe study included all adults in the North and Central Denmark Regions with a first acute hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia during 2006-2012. We assessed the association between the first platelet count within ± 24 hours of admission (within the normal range of 150 to 400 x 10
resultsAmong the 12,905 study patients, 30-day mortality was 12.4%. The mean platelet count upon admission was 250 × 10
conclusionPlatelet counts, even within the normal range, are associated with mortality in adult patients hospitalized for community-acquired pneumonia.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.