Hematology
Platelets
Cell fragments that plug damaged vessels and start clot formation.
Unit 10^9/LTypical adult range 150–400 10^9/L
What it is
Cell fragments that plug damaged vessels and start clot formation.
Why it matters
Low counts raise bleeding risk, and persistently high ones can follow inflammation, iron deficiency or a marrow problem.
Reading the number
Clumping in the tube produces a falsely low result, so an isolated low value is normally repeated before it means anything.
What moves it
recent infectioninflammationiron deficiencyclumping in the sample
Read alongside
When to raise it
Worth discussing any value outside the range that repeats.
Also known as
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under Platelets.
PlaquetasTrombotsüüdidThrombozytenPlaquettesPLTContagem de Plaquetas
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