Why the study?
Does thrombocytopenia predict mortality in adult ICU patients?
Does thrombocytopenia predict mortality in adult ICU patients?
Thrombocytopenia serves as an independent and complementary risk marker for mortality in adult ICU patients.
Thrombocytopenia is common in ICUs and constitutes a simple and readily available risk marker for mortality, independent of and complementary to established severity of disease indices. Both a low nadir platelet count and a large fall of platelet count predict a poor vital outcome in adult ICU patients.
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