title: RETRACTED: Platelet function in critically ill patients.
abstract: This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/our-business/policies/article-withdrawal).
  
  This article has been retracted at the request of the editor In 2018, CHEST published a notice1 that all articles authored by Joachim Boldt be read with caution due to expressions of concern about falsified data. In 2020, CHEST received additional evidence of research misconduct and breaches of scientific integrity that were discovered following an investigation by the author's former institution, the University of Giessen2. In light of this new evidence, this article has been retracted by CHEST.
  
  1. Irwin, R.S., MD, Master FCCP. Notice From the Editor in Chief. CHEST 153(3), p. 767.
  
  2. Mukherjee, J. Statement on the scientific credibility of articles published by Joachim Boldt, formerly professor at Justus Liebig University (JLU), Giessen, Germany. https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S000709122030163X-mmc3.pdf.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boldt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menges
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wollbrück
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sonneborn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hempelmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D016638:Critical Illness; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D010979:Platelet Function Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology