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.
Reaction: Oh my God! why was platelet count not done?
Lesson: Make sure in all patients with fever platelet counts are done.
Thrombocytopenia may occur in fever, but to do platelet count in all patients is neither theoretically correct nor practically possible.
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