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Platelet Count
Aka: Platelet Count- Physiology
- Platelets are generated in the Bone Marrow at a rate of 10% of total Platelet Count per day
- Normal
- Newborns
- Preterm: 100,000 to 300,000 per mm3
- Term: 140,000 to 300,000 per mm3
- Infant: 200,000 to 475,000 per mm3
- Child: 150,000 to 450,000 per mm3
- Adults: 150,000 to 400,000/mm3
- Newborns
- Interpretation: Increased
- See Thrombocytosis
- Interpretation: Decreased