Objective: The influence of thrombocytopenia on blood loss and postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) has been conflicting. Our aim was to determine if there is an association between predelivery platelet count and quantitative blood loss (QBL) and PPH in both vaginal (VD) and cesarean deliveries (CD).
Study Design: We conducted a retrospective database study at a single institution from April 1, 2017 to September 9, 2020.
Blood samples from 9,215 blood donors in three U.K. centres (North London, Bristol and Manchester) were tested for their alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level and the presence of anti-HBc and anti-HCV.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) activities were measured in over 2000 north London blood donors. The results were compared with those from the United States. The percentage of the total donor population with ALT activities above 40 IU/l in 1986 was greater than that found in our earlier studies in 1973 and 1982 (4.
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