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When do you pursue additional workup for incidental thrombocytosis in hospitalized patients?

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Hospital Medicine · Medical University of South Carolina

Since most acutely ill patients will have lab evidence of acute illness, including thrombocytosis, I usually do not work it up during the hospital stay. But it should be stated in the discharge summary and followed up post-discharge.

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