The role of platelet count, mean platelet volume, and the mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio in predicting postoperative vomiting in children after deep sedation

Canpolat, Dilek; DOĞRUEL, FATMA; GÖNEN, ZEYNEP; Yilmaz, Canay; ZARARSIZ, GÖKMEN; Alkan, ALPER

doi:10.15537/smj.2016.10.14903

The role of platelet count, mean platelet volume, and the mean platelet volume/platelet count ratio in predicting postoperative vomiting in children after deep sedation

Canpolat D. G. , DOĞRUEL F., GÖNEN Z. B. , Yilmaz C., ZARARSIZ G., Alkan A.

SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.37, no.10, pp.1082-1088, 2016 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 37 Issue: 10
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.15537/smj.2016.10.14903
Title of Journal : SAUDI MEDICAL JOURNAL
Page Numbers: pp.1082-1088

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the role of hemogram parameters such as platelet count (PLT), mean platelet volume (MPV), and the MPV/PLT ratio in predicting the risk of postoperative vomiting (POV) in children after tooth extraction under deep sedation.