Burns
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 591-595, November 1997

Blood platelets in severely injured burned patients

  • Yoshiaki Takashima

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence should be addressed to: Yoshiaki Takashima, Takashima Hospital, 101 Nishi-cho, Yonago-shi, Tottoriken, 683 Japan.

Takashima Hospital, Tottori-ken, Japan

Accepted 10 March 1997.

Abstract 

Unbelievable decrease of blood-platelet in the severely burned patients during the treatment of skingrafting caused two patients to unexpected death. From the records of changes of platelet number, a certain ‘platelet curve’ was made. By observing the curve, our treatments of skingrafting were carried out during the stable period and from then on we had no death cases.

Keywords:  Platelet number, severe burn, skin grafting, platelet curve

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PII: S0305-4179(97)00031-4

Burns
Volume 23, Issue 7 , Pages 591-595, November 1997

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