Effect of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection on Mean Platelet Volume in Newborns

Objective: To determine the changes in the mean platelet volume (MPV) levels of the babies who were hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) due to the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. It was also aimed to assess whether these changes were related to the severity of the disease, length of hospital stay, and Silverman Anderson respiratory severity score. Material and methods: In this retrospective study, the patient group included the newborns at ≥34 gestational weeks who were diagnosed with RSV infection in the NICU. The control group consisted of healthy newborns without RSV infection. MPV values of the subjects were compared between the groupswith and without RSV. Results: The MPV level in the group with RSV was significantly lower than the control group (p 0.05).No statistically significant relationship was found between Silverman’s scores and MPV levels in the study patients (p