title: Mean platelet volume as an inflammatory marker of chronic otitis media with effusion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our aim was to investigate whether mean platelet volume (MPV) may be utilized as an inflammatory marker of chronic otitis media with effusion (COME).
  
  
  METHODS
  Routine hemogram tests were performed preoperatively for 51 patients diagnosed with COME that were to receive ventilation tube insertion. Hemogram tests were performed on age-matched and sex-matched healthy controls (n=54). Moreover, by performing a chart review, white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), platelet (PLT), and mean platelet volume (MPV) values were compared between COME patients and controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 51 COME patients were included in the study and 45.1% were male. The control group had 54 individuals and 51.9% were male. MPV (p=0.493) and platelet levels (p=0.336) for COME patients group were generally borderline higher than those measured for the control group, but this difference was not statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  No statistically significant differences were identified between pediatric patients diagnosed with COME and healthy controls in terms of WBC, RBC, Hb, Hct, PLT and MPV levels.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey. Electronic address: btahsin@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Battal Tahsin
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Somuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Harun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soyalıç
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gürbüzler
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serkan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doğru
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eyibilen
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000097:blood*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D063847:Mean Platelet Volume; D010034:Otitis Media with Effusion / Q000097:blood* / Q000601:surgery*; D010976:Platelet Count; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006454:Hemoglobins
keywords: Mean platelet volume; Otitis media with effusion; Platelet activation