title: The value of serum mean platelet volume in ischaemic stroke patient.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the value of serum Mean Platelet Volume in acute ischaemic stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The retrospective case-control study was conducted at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital in Turkey and comprised record of patients of acute ischaemic stroke admitted to the Emergency Department between June 2010 and January 2012. The two groups were statistically compared using SPSS 18.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, there were 482 stroke patients (Group 1) and 315 subjects as controls (Group 2). The median value in Group 1 was 9.0 (2.1) (fL), while in Group 2 it was 8.80 (2.4) (fL).The difference was statistically significant (Z = -2.80; p < 005).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mean Platelet Volume increased in the stroke patients.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. setam49@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Durdu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tamer
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yilmaz
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fevzi
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Arslan Engin
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Deniz
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kavalci
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cemil
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bakir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fatih
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cihat
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yilmaz Muhittin
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Serkan
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ceyhan Mehmet
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Karakiliç Muhammed
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Evvah
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063847:Mean Platelet Volume; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood*; D014421:Turkey