The next steps in your diagnostic testing would be determined by your underlying risk factors, whether your platelets are high or low, and whether any of your other blood measurements are abnormal.

When skin is cut or damaged, tiny cell fragments circulating in the blood, called platelets, arrive at the injury and spread ...

A review of the patient’s chart shows that he had a CBC that was normal — including a platelet count of 180,000 — about 5 years ago before a hernia surgery. He received treatment at an ...

There are four components - or parts - of the blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets. Blood carries things you need, like oxygen and glucose, and waste products ...

Until recently, researchers believed that platelet spreading and clot contraction were controlled by the same pathway. However a recent study from Thomas Jefferson University researchers challenges ...