scholarly journals Clinical Correlation of Platelet Indices in Preeclamptic Patients without HELLP Syndrome

Author(s):  
Pankaj Salvi ◽  
Vidya Gaikwad ◽  
Rashida Ali

As pregnancy advances, the Platelet Counts decrease while Mean Platelet Volume and Platelet Distribution Width increase, and these kinds of changes are more evident in severe preeclampsia mothers than in non-severe preeclamptic mothers. Thus, Platelet indices could be used as biomarkers for early diagnosis of severity of preeclampsia.

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Masuma Khan ◽  
AKM Amirul Morshed ◽  
Taslim Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Hakimul Haque Khan ◽  
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed ◽  
...  

Background: Platelet indices (plateletcrit, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width and Platelet count) are potentially useful markers for the early diagnosis and outcome of many diseases. Platelet indices could serve as surrogate marker for remission in patients with ALL. Objective: To observe change of platelet indices in ALL during induction of remission. Material & Methods: This observational study was carried out with 52 newly diagnosed ALL patients ranging from 1.5 to 12 years admitted at DMCH, from January to December 2015. Platelet indices such as plateletcrit (PCT), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW) and platelet count (PLT) were monitored from admission to induction of remission phase of chemotherapy and were analyzed. Result: Mean PLT was found 93442.3±29966.4 cmm before treatment, 137442.3±27217.9 cmm in 1st week and 231653.8±42543.5 cmm in 4th week. Mean PCT was found 0.09±0.11% before treatment, 0.16±0.11% in 1st week and 0.25±0.18 % in 4th week. Both PLT & PCT was increased significantly during induction of remission after one and four weeks. Mean PDW was found 13.1±3.9 fl before treatment, 12.9±3.5 fl in 1st week and 12.0±3.1 fl in 4th week. MPV was found 10.6±2.1 fl before treatment, 11.0±1.4 fl in 1st week and 10.7±1.4 fl in 4th week. The change of MPV & PDW were not statistically significant when compared with that of before treatment. Conclusion: It can be concluded that among four important platelet indices, PLT and PCT were significantly associated with remission in ALL during induction of remission. Bangladesh J Child Health 2020; VOL 44 (1) :34-39


Author(s):  
Sumat Ul Khurshid ◽  
Nazia Tabbasum

In clinical practice it is very important to perform the platelet counts.  The estimation of platelet counts from peripheral blood smears is an accurate method and provides adequate quality assurance in traditional methods as the automated cell counters are not available at all hospital setups especially in rural areas. In modern era use of   automated analyzers based on impedance technology has resulted in   improvement of accuracy and helps in measurement of platelet indices such as Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) Plateletcrit (PCT) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW). However, both the methods have certain limitations. Platelet counts were estimated on a 5-part Differential Automated Hematology Analyzer and manually on Leishman stained peripheral blood SMEAR. Aims & Objective: 1. This study was conducted to compare platelet counts by peripheral blood  smear method and automated method in patients  attending OPD on routine basis in a mountainous hilly region of  J&k . It also aims to study the relation, if any, between the platelet count (automated) and platelet indices like Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and to assess the possible role of these parameters in certain defined situations. Materials and methods: A prospective study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital on 200 Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic acid (EDTA) anticoagulated blood samples. Samples were evaluated by 5-Part differential automated hematology analyser using impedance counting method and by examination of peripheral blood smear method (PBF). Results: In thrombocytopenic patients, the platelet count assessed by automated analyzer revealed an inverse relation with Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) and showed large granular and giant platelets on PBS. Conclusion: Automated hematology analyzer is essential   for immediate   and accurate complete blood count evaluation but blood samples showing erroneous results or low platelet counts on analyzer should be confirmed on peripheral blood smear. The platelet indices like Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) and Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) can point to the underlying pathology especially in cases of thrombocytopenia. Keywords: Automated analyser, Peripheral blood smear, MPV, PDW, large granular platelets.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (44) ◽  
pp. 2539-2543
Author(s):  
Swarupa Ravuri ◽  
Chandrika Bolineni ◽  
Anunayi Jeshtadi

BACKGROUND We wanted to evaluate the role of platelet indices in differentiating reactive and clonal thrombocytosis. METHODS This is a cross sectional observational study conducted for two years among 150 patients with platelet counts of 5 lac and above. Thrombocytosis and utility of platelet indices like Mean Platelet Volume (MPV), Platelet Distribution Width (PDW) for the differential diagnosis of thrombocytosis were done. RESULTS Out of total 150 cases, 144 (96 %) had reactive thrombocytosis, and 6 (4 %) had clonal thrombocytosis. Infectious aetiology is seen in 64 (42.6 %), tissue injury 35 (23 %), rebound thrombocytosis 22 (14.6 %), anaemia 13 (8.6 %), multiple causes 8 (5.3 %), clonal aetiology 6 (4 %), and inflammatory 2 (1.3 %). Patients with reactive thrombocytosis showed a lower mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width compared to primary thrombocytosis. In reactive thrombocytosis MPV range, 6.0 - 8.0 fl with mean MPV 6.5 fl and PDW ranges from 14.0 - 16.2 % with mean PDW 15.3 %. In clonal thrombocytosis MPV range, 6.9 - 8.5 fl with mean MPV 7.9 fl and PDW range was 15.9 - 17.2 % with mean PDW 16.4 %. CONCLUSIONS On analysing the platelet counts and indices, patients with high counts, low MPV and PDW suggested reactive aetiology and patients with high counts and high MPV and PDW suggested clonal aetiology. KEYWORDS Thrombocytosis, Mean Platelet Volume, Platelet Distribution Width


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. e0259543
Author(s):  
Solomon Gebre Bawore ◽  
Wondimagegn Adissu ◽  
Berhanu Niguse ◽  
Yilma Markos Larebo ◽  
Nigussie Abebe Ermolo ◽  
...  

Introduction Preeclampsia is the most serious health risk during pregnancy for both the mother and the fetus. Even though platelet parameters are among the proposed biomarkers for the prediction of preeclampsia, the use of its indices in the diagnosis of preeclampsia is not increasing in Ethiopia. There is little information on platelet patterns in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of platelet indices in women with preeclampsia in our study setting. Methods A case-control study was conducted among 180 pregnant women who attended anti-natal follow-ups from January 1 to April 3, 2019. An Ethylene Diamine Tetra Acetic Acid anti-coagulated venous blood was collected and analyzed using a hematology analyzer (MINDRAY®-BC-300Plus, Shenzhen China). The SPSS software version 26 was used to run the Mann Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis H test, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test, Post-hock test augmented with Benforeni, receiver operating characteristics curve, and Spear Man rank-order correlation. A P-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results A total of 180 pregnant women were included in the study. Platelet count and platelet crit levels tend to decrease as pre-eclampsia becomes more severe. In contrast, the mean platelet volume and platelet distribution widths were significantly increased with the severity of preeclampsia (P<0.001). Platelet distribution width (rho = 0.731, p<0.001) and mean platelet volume (rho = 0.674, p<0.001) had statistically significant positive relationships with mean arterial pressure. The best metric for predicting preeclampsia was platelet distribution width (AUC = 0.986; 95%CI; 0.970, 1). Conclusions Platelet indices, including platelet count, mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, and Platelet crit, have been identified as promising candidate markers for predicting preeclampsia in pregnant women. In the future, a serial examination of these indicators during several trimesters of pregnancy should be conducted.


2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 1063.1-1063
Author(s):  
J. Zhao ◽  
M. LI ◽  
Q. Wang ◽  
X. Tian ◽  
X. Zeng

Background:Platelet activation is considered as a pivot pathogenic process to be responsible for thromboembolism in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). severalstudies shown that platelet indices including platelet distribution width (PDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), large platelet rate (P-LCR) are associated with platelet activation.Objectives:This study aims to determine the correlation between platelet indices and thrombotic events in patients with APS.Methods:Platelet activation is considered as a pivot pathogenic process to be responsible for thromboembolism in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). severalstudies shown that platelet indices including platelet distribution width (PDW), mean platelet volume (MPV), large platelet rate (P-LCR) are associated with platelet activation.Results:A total of 207 patients [135(65.2%) female, 72(34.8%) male], medianage 35(IQR 10)] was classified into thrombotic group (n=150,72.5%) and non-thrombotic group(n=57,27.5%). PDW, MPV, P-LCR were significantly higher in thrombotic group than non-thrombotic group (13.0±3.4 vs. 11.2±7.3)p<0.001, 10.7±1.4vs.10.0±3.0,p<0.001, 30.25±11.6vs. 25.1±10.4 p<0.001, respectively]. No differences in age, WBC count, hsCRP and C3 were observed between groups. Also, HGB was found to be notably higher in thrombotic group than non-thrombotic group (143±29 vs. 132±15, p=0.001).Upon univariate logistic analysis, PDW (OR 1.554, 95%CI 1.289-1.873, p<0.001), MPV (OR 1.772, 95%CI 1.268-2.476, p=0.001), P-LCR (OR 1.089, 95%CI 1.040-1.140, p<0.001) were all significantly associated with the occurrenceof thrombosis. In multivariate logistic analysis, only PDW and positive LAwere identified to be risk factors of thrombotic events (Table 1). The ROC curve showed that PDW combinedwith positive LAwas a reliable indicator of thrombotic events with an AUC of 0.796 (95%CI 0.728-0.864). The optimal cut-off value for PDW was 12.4fl with a sensitivity of 72.0% and specificity of 77.2%.Conclusion:This study confirmed that PDW, P-LCR and MPV (especially PDW) were significantly associated with thrombotic events in APS patients, which could support the theory of platelet activation being a crucial factor of thrombosis inAPS. Caution should be raised when patients with positive LA has relatively high PDW level.Disclosure of Interests:None declared


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
İbrahim Çevik ◽  
Hüseyin Narcı ◽  
Güllü Akbaydoğan Dündar ◽  
Cüneyt Ayrık ◽  
Seyran B Babuş

Background: Pulmonary embolism is a common disease with a high mortality risk. It has recently been reported that platelet indices may be diagnostic in pulmonary embolism. Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the diagnostic value of platelet indices in acute pulmonary embolism. Methods: The study group was composed of 61 patients diagnosed with pulmonary embolism and a control group of 67 subjects without pulmonary embolism. Patient age, sex, leukocyte and platelet number, hemoglobin concentration (Hb), mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width, red blood cell distribution width, C-reactive protein, D-Dimer, and troponin I levels were retrospectively analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results: There was no significant difference between age and platelet number of pulmonary embolism and control group. In pulmonary embolism group, platelet distribution width level was significantly high (p = 0.002), whereas mean platelet volume level was significantly lower (p = 0.038). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis revealed that a mean platelet volume cut-off of 9 fL had a sensitivity of 35%, a specificity of 89.55%, and area under the curve of 0.589 for pulmonary embolism, while a platelet distribution width cut-off of 12.8 fL had a sensitivity of 61%, a specificity of 71.64%, and area under the curve of 0.661. Platelet distribution width and D-dimer levels had a significant positive correlation with each other, whereas there was no significant correlation between mean platelet volume and D-dimer. Conclusion: Platelet distribution width values of the pulmonary embolism group were higher than those of control group. Although the area under the curve of platelet distribution width is slightly better than for platelet number or mean platelet volume, it does not seem that this parameter has better diagnostic accuracy than the other two.


2020 ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Yasar Karatas ◽  
Fatih Keskin ◽  
Mehmet Fatih Erdi ◽  
Bulent Kaya ◽  
Densel Arac ◽  
...  

Introduction and Objectives: In this study, we aimed to investigate whether platelet count (PLT) and platelet indices included mean platelet volume (MPV), platecrit (PCT), platelet distribution width  (PDW) values can be used as diagnostic markers in cranial meningiomas. Materials and Methods: The study included results of 29 patient and 47 healthy contributors. Based on pathologies, the patients were divided into two groups. The first group included meningioma patients and the second one included healthy individuals. Healthy contributors named control group. Platelet count and platelet indices were determined using Sysmex XN 550 haematology analyzer. The preoperative platelet count (PLT) and platelet indices included mean platelet volume (MPV), platecrit (PCT), platelet distribution width  (PDW) values were recorded from the routine laboratory tests. Results: There was no statistically significant difference in PLT between the meningioma and healthy groups (p = 0.217). There was a statistically significant difference in PCT between the meningioma group and the healthy group (p = 0.002). There was a statistically significant difference in PDW between meningioma group and healthy group (p = 0.001). In terms of MPV, there was a statistically significant difference between meningioma group and the healthy group (p = 0.001) Conclusion: Platelet count and indices are easily available in the routine blood tests. Despite the retrospective design and small sample size, our findings suggest that altered MPV, PDW and PCT levels might serve as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis of meningiomas.


2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 2239-2246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jung-Soo Pyo ◽  
Won Jin Cho

Background/Aims: The aim of this study was to elucidate the usefulness of platelet indices, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and platelet count in diagnosis and monitoring of varicocele. Methods: The current study included 525 patients and 379 healthy subjects from five eligible studies. We performed meta-analysis of MPV, PDW, and platelet count and mean differences in these platelet indices between healthy subjects and varicocele patients. Results: The pooled MPVs were 8.168 fL (95% confidence interval [CI] 7.589 to 8.747) and 8.801 fL (95% CI 8.028 to 9.574) in healthy subjects and varicocele patients, respectively. The pooled mean difference in MPV between healthy subjects and varicocele patients was 0.834 fL in case-control studies (95% CI 0.195 to 1.473, P = 0.011). In both healthy subjects and varicocele patients, low platelet count subgroups showed higher MPV than high platelet count subgroups. The mean difference in MPV was higher in low platelet count subgroup. There was no significant difference in PDW between healthy subjects and varicocele patients. Conclusion: Taken together, our data showed that platelet count was significantly lower in varicocele patients than in healthy subjects. Varicocele patients showed significantly higher MPV and lower platelet count than healthy subjects. MPV levels of patients differed according to platelet counts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Gonesh N. Mevundi ◽  
Harsha S.

Background: Neonatal septicemia is a clinical syndrome characterized by signs and symptoms of infection with or without accompanying bacteremia in the first month of life. Objective of the study was to know the effect of sepsis on platelet counts and their indices.Methods: The study was carried out over a period of one and half year from December 2015 to July 2017 at Sangmeshwar and Basaveshwar hospital attached to M. R. medical college, Kalaburagi. 100 cases were considered for this study after proper screening for complete blood count (CBC), platelet count and their indices like mean platelet volume, platelet distribution width and C-reactive protein (CRP) and blood culture in neonates admitted in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with proven sepsis.Results: A total of 100 neonates with blood culture positive for bacterial cases were considered for the study. Early onset septicaemia (59%) was more common than late onset septicaemia (41%). Out of 100 cases 57% cases had growth of gram negative organisms, 40% had growth of gram positive organisms and 3% had growth of fungal. Tachypnea (27%), lethargy (20%) and refusal of feeds (8%) were the commonest clinical presentation followed by, fever (6%), convulsions (5%) and jaundice (5%). 60% neonates had thrombocytopenia of varying severity. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism associated with thrombocytopenia (43.3%). Mean platelet volume (MPV) was high in 85% of cases and platelet distribution width (PDW) was high in 96% of cases.Conclusions: The present study highlights the association of thrombocytopenia, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width with causative organism in proven neonatal sepsis. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common organism causing thrombocytopenia in our NICU.


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