On your lab report, you will see the number of platelets (PLT) in your blood, and you may also see the average size (called mean platelet volume or MPV). Platelets are small cell fragments in your ...

For patients treated with peritoneal dialysis (PD), mean platelet volume (MPV) is associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in ...

Preliminary data indicate that mean platelet volume (MPV) is an easily accessible prognostic marker of mortality in sepsis. Thomas Grünewald, MD, PhD, assistant professor of internal medicine and ...

With no single biomarker for systemic lupus erythematosus, investigators wanted to investigate whether there is a connection between mean platelet volume and the disease. In a recent study ...

This article discusses the process of a platelet blood test and what the results mean. The mean platelet count blood test is typically part of a complete blood count (CBC) test. A CBC reveals ...

Twenty-nine were infants and children attending the Pediatric Clinic of the ... and gamma globulin a transient platelet depression developed. The mean maximum fall in this group was 92,000 and ...