Investigation of clinical value of of platelet count in patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis

Objective To investigate clinical significance of platelet count in patients with chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.Methods Sixty patients with liver cirrhosis were graded as A(n=21),B(n=22)and C(n=17)according to Child-Pugh categories.Sysmex SF-3000 Auto Hematology Analyzer was applied to performing platelet count in 60 patients with chronic hepatitis,60 patients with liver cirrhosis and 100 healthy controls.Then the detective results were compared.Results PLT in chronic hepatitis group and liver cirrhosis group decreased significantly(P0.01).In liver cirrhosis group,with the development of disease,the PLT count kept decreasing.The differences were more significant in B,C grade group than in A grade group.Conclusion Platelet count may be helpful to evaluate the severity and hemorrhage trend of chronic liver diseases.