{"id":32918,"date":"2023-04-02T11:43:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T08:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/?p=32918"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T20:41:55","slug":"platelets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/platelets\/","title":{"rendered":"Platelets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Also called thrombocytes, they are the smallest blood cells and play a fundamental role in blood clotting. In case of a vessel\u2019s injury, platelets aggregate and adhere to the vessel\u2019s wall forming a clot.<\/p>\n<p>CBC provides information on the physical characteristics of platelets through the following parameters called platelet indices, such as PDW, MPV and PCT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increased platelet values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Idiopathic thrombocytosis<\/li>\n<li>Hemorrhage<\/li>\n<li>Malignancies<\/li>\n<li>Infections<\/li>\n<li>Iron deficiency anemia<\/li>\n<li>Hemolytic anemia<\/li>\n<li>Splenectomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Decreased platelet values<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura<\/li>\n<li>Autoimmune disorders (Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis)<\/li>\n<li>Chronic liver diseases<\/li>\n<li>Splenomegaly<\/li>\n<li>Viral infections (HIV, hepatitis C, mumps)<\/li>\n<li>Alcoholism<\/li>\n<li>Pregnancy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Also called thrombocytes, they are the smallest blood cells and play a fundamental role in blood clotting. In case of a vessel\u2019s injury, platelets aggregate and adhere to the vessel\u2019s wall forming a clot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-list-of-exams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32918"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33495,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32918\/revisions\/33495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labcare.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}