Wednesday 9 May 2012

Emedinews:Makesure:A patient with fever developed melena.


Situation: A patient with fever developed melena.
Reaction: Oh my God! why was platelet count not done?
Lesson: Make sure in all patients with fever platelet counts are done.


1 comment:

  1. Thrombocytopenia may occur in fever, but to do platelet count in all patients is neither theoretically correct nor practically possible.

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