Mean Platelet Volume as a Marker of Disease Severity in Hospitalized Children With Acute Bronchiolitis
Kedar Tilak, Trisha Sunderajan, Lewis Krata · 2026
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Description
Kedar Tilak, Trisha Sunderajan, and Lewis Krata checked whether a routine blood measure can flag the sickest infants with bronchiolitis, a viral chest infection that fills pediatric wards each winter. The measure is mean platelet volume, the average size of platelets in a standard blood count, already suspected as an inflammation signal. The team reviewed charts of 114 hospitalized children under two.
Children with low platelet volume on admission had significantly worse breathing distress scores. They also needed oxygen support more often. The authors propose the measure as an accessible early marker of severity, since it comes free with blood work already drawn. They note the study was small and retrospective, so the signal needs confirmation in larger groups.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kedar Tilak, Trisha Sunderajan, Lewis Krata |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |