Blunted rise in platelet count in critically ill patients is associated with worse outcome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3843-3846

  Nijsten, Maarten W N ^a   Ten Duis, Henk Jan ^a   Zijlstra, Jan G ^a   Porte, Robert J ^a   Zwaveling, Jan Harm ^a   Paling, Johan C ^a   Hauw, The ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

APACHE; Critical illness; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Leukocyte count; Liver transplantation; Multiple trauma; Platelet count; Prognosis; Surgery; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOCYTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034525879     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200012000-00017     Document Type: Article

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