Batna Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 4, Numéro 2, Pages 180-181
2017-12-31

Platelet Estimation From Peripheral Blood Smear: Does It Really Work

Authors : Bachiri Ikram . Yahiaoui Zineb . Fenni Nacera . Ararem Imad . Aouni Mohamed Arezki .

Abstract

In this study, we used three manual methods proposed by many researchers [2-6] and compared our results to the automated method, which we considered as a reference one. 220 blood samples were collected, 131 from blood donors with a healthy physical condition, and 89 patients admitted to our hospital. The tubes used to collect blood samples contained ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (K2 or K3EDTA) to avoid any in vitro clotting, blood samples containing clots were systematically excluded from the study. Complete blood count was performed on the Sysmex XT4000i counter, which uses both impedance and optical enumeration techniques for the platelet count.

Keywords

Platelet, estimation, peripheral blood smear.