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platelet count [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
DEF

The number of platelets per cubic millimiter of blood.

CONT

A small number of tests should be obtained on every anemic patient: the complete blood count (CBC), including the white blood cell count and differential, a platelet count, or an estimate on the smear of the numbers of platelets; ...

Key term(s)
  • thrombocyte count

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
CONT

Taux des plaquettes dans le sang - II fluctue entre 150 000 et 400 000 / µl à la numération plaquettaire, chez les sujets normaux (500 donneurs de sang).

Key term(s)
  • numération des thrombocytes
  • numération des plaquettes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sangre
DEF

Es un examen que mide el número de plaquetas en la sangre.

OBS

Las plaquetas son necesarias para la coagulación sanguínea normal (hemostasia). Se agrupan para taponar pequeños orificios en vasos que presenten daños. Asímismo, activan el factor VIII (un componente de la cascada de la coagulación) y liberan los fosfolípidos necesarios para el proceso de coagulación.

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