Abstract:AND CHANGES in platelet adhesiveness following parturition and surgical operations have been described by Payling Wright (1942). In 13 primiparae and in 11 surgical patients (male and female) she demonstrated that immediately after delivery or operation there was little change in platelet adhesiveness, but from the 4th day onwards there was a steady increase in the platelet count and in platelet adhesiveness which reached a maximum on the 10th day. The healthy mothers were discharged from hospital on the 14th … Show more
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