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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2001, Vol. 87, No. 6 926-928
© 2001 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

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Thrombocytosis in intensive care

A. M. Gurung, B. Carr and I. Smith*

Directorate of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, North Staffordshire Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6QG, UK*Corresponding author

We conducted a retrospective study of platelet count in 226 patients admitted for critical care over a 5-month period, to explore the incidence of thrombocytosis and its relation to admission category, duration of ICU stay and outcome. Our findings indicate that thrombocytosis is not rare in ICU patients. At least one platelet count greater than 450x109 litre–1 was found in 21.7% of patients and was associated with lower ICU mortality (P=0.003), lower hospital mortality (P=0.006), but longer duration of ICU stay (P<0.0001). Thrombocytosis may serve as an independent predictor of favourable outcome in ICU patients.

Br J Anaesth 2001; 87: 926–8


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