Highlights
- •6.8% of acutely hospitalized patients had thrombocytopenia at admission
- •7.8% of acutely hospitalized patients had thrombocytosis at admission
- •These prevalences increased with an older age and the presence of cancer
- •Thrombocytopenia was most frequent in men and thrombocytosis in women
- •Huge variations were observed by comorbidities and primary discharge diagnoses
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: August 31, 2018
Accepted:
August 27,
2018
Received:
August 19,
2018
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