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Of Clumps and Counts: Understanding Platelet Parameters
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Platelets are minuscule, but they cause outsized trouble in the lab and the clinic. From EDTA clumping to cryoglobulin confusion, from giant platelets that escape detection to inherited disorders masquerading as ITP, we explore the curious twists behind every platelet parameter.
Join us for a tour of the quirks and pitfalls of platelet counting, why the MPV misleads more than it helps, and how the immature platelet fraction might tell us something useful, if we know how to interpret it.
In a world of high-tech analysers and fluorescent RNA staining, sometimes the blood film still has the final word.
Episode type: General Interest (because the FBC is one test it is worth everyone's while to understand inside out)
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