title: Association Between Hemogram Parameters and Survival of Critically Ill Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Recently, hemogram parameters, such as mean platelet volume (MPV), had been proposed as novel inflammatory and prognostic factors. In present retrospective analysis, we aimed to determine and compare MPV of survived and dead patients whom admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of our institution.
  
  
  METHODS
  We recorded hemogram parameters and other laboratory data and demographic characteristics of patients treated in ICU. Patients are divided into 2 groups-dead patients and survived patients. Laboratory data of survived patients compared to those of dead patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Age, gender, and other laboratory variables were not significantly different between dead and survived patients. On the other hand, MPV of survived patients was significantly higher than that of the dead patients ( P = .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We think that elevated MPV levels in an ICU patient should alert clinicians for worse outcome. Physicians should be more careful in the management of these patients.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karagoz
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gulali
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aktas
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hamit
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoldas
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Isa
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Neurology, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammet Nur
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Ogun
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilgi
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital, Bolu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demirhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008297:Male; D063847:Mean Platelet Volume / Q000401:mortality; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: inflammation; intensive care; mean platelet volume; prognosis