Thrombocytosis at time of hospitalization is a reliable indicator for severity of CAP patients in ICU
Background: Clinicians have always evaluated the degree of leukocytosis in patients with pneumonia as an indication of systemic inflammatory response and severity of disease. But platelets have been increasingly recognized as inflammatory cells with an important role in host defenses. Objective: To...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0422763812000313 |