Tailoring transfusion strategy using thromboelastogram in goal-directed massive transfusion: Impact on transfusion requirements and clinical outcomes by P. A. Prethika, Ganesh Mohan, Shamee Shastry, Jayaraj Mymbilly Balakrishnan

“…The prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, R time, and K time had a significant positive correlation with the need to transfuse more than 20 blood components, whereas platelet count, base excess, alpha angle, MA, and CI had a negative correlation (r = 0.268, P < 0.001). …”
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Pretreatment Pan-Immune-Inflammation Value Efficiently Predicts Survival Outcomes in Glioblastoma Multiforme Patients Receiving Radiotherapy and Temozolomide by Erkan Topkan, Ahmet Kucuk, Ugur Selek

“…Each eligible patient’s PIV was calculated using the findings of peripheral blood platelet (P), monocyte (M), neutrophil (N), and lymphocyte (L) counts obtained on the first day of therapy: PIV=P×M×N÷L. …”
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Association of systemic inflammatory response index and stroke: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2005–2018 by Aokai Tian, Yafang Zheng, Jing Jin, Chunyuan Huang

“…BackgroundMany inflammatory markers like systemic immune-inflammatory index (SII), neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) are associated with stroke. …”
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Colonic Mucosal Ulceration and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Associated with Sevelamer Crystal Deposition in a Patient with End Stage Renal Disease by Sudheer Nambiar, Unnikrishnan Kunjan Pillai, Joe Devasahayam, Tony Oliver, Asha Karippot

“…ESRD population are at increased risk of bleeding secondary to use of anticoagulation during hemodialysis and uremia induced platelet dysfunction. Gastrointestinal bleeding accounts for 3–7% of all deaths in ESRD population. …”
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Prediction of urinary tract infection using machine learning methods: a study for finding the most-informative variables by Sajjad Farashi, Hossein Emad Momtaz

“…Factors extracted from urine such as WBC, nitrite, leukocyte, clarity, color, blood, bilirubin, urobilinogen, and factors extracted from blood test like mean platelet volume, lymphocyte, glucose, red blood cell distribution width, and potassium, and demographic data such as age, gender and previous use of antibiotics were the determinative factors for UTI prediction. …”
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The frequency of vitamin B12 derangements in females presenting for workup of iron deficiency anemia by Noreen Atzaz, Mehnaz Khattak, Fatimah Tuz Zuhra, Javeria Afzal, Sehar Khaliq, Sami Saeed

“…CBC analysis indicated marked reduction in all hematological parameters except platelet count in group A. Conclusion: Our findings suggest that IDA and Vit B12 deficiency may coexist in young females. …”
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Undetected Severe Fetal Myelosuppression following Administration of High-Dose Cytarabine for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Is More Frequent Surveillance Necessary? by Jessica Parrott, Marium Holland

“…The infant had an initial pH of 6.78 and pancytopenia (hematocrit 13.3%, platelets 3 K/UL, and white blood cell count 2.0 K/UL). …”
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Nanocomposites of various shapes in trihybrid nanofluid flow past a Riga plate with electroosmotic effects by Muhammad Idrees Afridi, Saima Riasat, Saira Iqbal, S. Bilal, A.A. Alderremy, Emad E. Mahmoud

“…Thermal distribution under the impacts of Lorentz forces is examined graphically for ternary nanofluid with carbon nanotubes as nanoparticle in spherical shape, Al2O3in platelet shape and graphene nano particles in cylindrical shape over the convectively heated Riga plate. …”
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An interpretable machine learning model for predicting in-hospital mortality in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. by Junying Wei, Heshan Cao, Mingling Peng, Yinzhou Zhang, Sibei Li, Wuhua Ma, Yuhui Li

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 1,894 VAP patients were included, with 12 features ultimately selected for model construction: 24-hour urine output, blood urea nitrogen, age, diastolic blood pressure, platelet count, anion gap, body temperature, bicarbonate level, sodium level, body mass index, and whether combined with congestive heart failure and cerebrovascular disease. …”
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Bioinspired Polyethersulfone Membrane Design via Blending with Functional Polyurethane by Mei Han, Qiang Liu, Baihai Su, Shudong Sun, Changsheng Zhao

“…As a consequence, the composite membranes showed good blood compatibility, including decreased protein adsorption, suppressed platelet adhesion, lowered thrombin-antithrombin III generation, reduced complement activation, and prolonged clotting times. …”
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Bioinformatics Analysis of Exercise-Related Biomarkers in Diabetes by Xiaoju Bao, Jingyue Qiu, Qin Xuan, Xinming Ye

“…These DEGs were mainly enriched in the platelet-derived growth factor receptor signaling pathway and mRNA processing. …”
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Humoral Acute Rejection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Ana Paola Rico-Portillo, José Ignacio Cerrillos-Gutierrez, Jorge Andrade-Sierra, Alfredo Gutiérrez-Govea, Enrique Rojas-Campos, Claudia Alejandra Mendoza-Cerpa, Benjamín Gómez-Navarro

“…A 47-year-old male was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 2011; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was also diagnosed in 2011 refractory to medical treatment and finally treated with splenectomy (2017) without relapses since that date, 5 blood transfusions, and 4 platelet apheresis in 2017. Renal transplant from a living related donor (brother), ABO compatible, crossmatch were negative, sharing 1 haplotype. …”
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Impact of regenerative procedure on the healing process following surgical root canal treatment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Nader Muthanna, Xiaoyue Guan, Fouad Alzahrani, Badr Sultan Saif, Abdelrahman Seyam, Ahmed Alsalman, Ahmed Es Alajami, Ang Li

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Different Guided Tissue Regeneration (GTR) procedures, such as membranes, bone substitute materials, and Autologous Platelet Concentrates (APCs), have been applied after surgical root canal treatment (SRCT), which produce different outcomes. …”
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Microstructural Characterization of Beryllium Treated Al-Si Alloys by M. F. Ibrahim, S. A. Alkahtani, Kh. A. Abuhasel, F. H. Samuel

“…Addition of Be has a noticeable effect on decreasing the β-Al5FeSi platelet length; this effect may be enhanced by addition of Sr. …”
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Investigation of Interactions between Thrombin and Ten Phenolic Compounds by Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis and Molecular Docking by Qiao-Qiao Li, Yu-Xiu Yang, Jing-Wen Qv, Guang Hu, Yuan-Jia Hu, Zhi-Ning Xia, Feng-Qing Yang

“…Thrombin plays a vital role in blood coagulation, which is a key process involved in thrombosis by promoting platelet aggregation and converting fibrinogen to form the fibrin clot. …”
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Total Body Irradiation without Chemotherapy as Conditioning for an Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Sultan Altouri, Mitchell Sabloff, David Allan, Harry Atkins, Lothar Huebsch, Dawn Maze, Rajiv Samant, Christopher Bredeson

“…The other patient received tacrolimus alone. Neutrophil and platelet engraftment occurred at a median of 18 and 14 days, respectively. …”
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Diagnosis and clinical management of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: A scoping review of the literature. by Francesca Tamarozzi, Veronica A Fittipaldo, Hans Martin Orth, Joachim Richter, Dora Buonfrate, Niccolò Riccardi, Federico G Gobbi

“…The most common diagnostic approaches to stratify patients based on the risk of variceal bleeding included the use of ultrasonography and platelet counts; on the contrary, evaluation and use of noninvasive tools to guide the choice of therapeutic interventions are lacking. …”
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Effects of different doses marbofloxacin on biochemical and hematological parameters in sheep by Feray Altan, Orhan Çorum, Duygu Durna Çorum, Kamil Üney

“…Hematological parameters, such as white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, and platelet were measured in blood cell counter.<p> <b>Results:</b> No significant differences in hematological and serum biochemical parameters were found between the groups.…”
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Thrombosis with thrombocytopenia after first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine: a case report by K. Kolodynskaja, S. Stankevičiūtė, A. Krikščionaitienė, N. Balčiūnienė

“…On the basis of clinical, laboratory and radiological findings, as well as the presence of antibodies to platelet factor 4 (PF4), the vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) was confirmed. …”
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Predicting the Risk of Fundus Lesions in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Nomogram Model by Huan Xie, Fangfang Sun, Huimin Yang, Jin Li

“…Between the two groups, age, SLEDAI, serositis, hypertension, diabetes, anticardiolipin antibody (ACA), anti-Sm antibody, C-reactive protein (CRP), hemoglobin (Hb), platelet count (PLT), albumin (Alb), serum creatinine(Scr), urea, uric acid(UA), and immunoglobulin G(IgG) were significantly different (p<0.05). …”
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