A platelet count less than 5 Ã 103 per Î¼L may cause spontaneous bleeding and constitutes a hematologic emergency. Patients who present with thrombocytopenia as part of a multisystem disorder usually are ill and require urgent evaluation and treatment.
1. Avoid all forms of smoking. The single best thing you can do for your lungs is to quit smoking or (better yet) never start. Cigarette smoking in particular is a major cause of lung cancer, and current smokers have, on average, a twenty times higher risk of developing lung cancer.
Lung function tests (also called pulmonary function tests) assess how well your lungs work. These tests measure: 1  how quickly you can move air in and out of your lungs. 2  how much air they can hold. 3  how well they transfer oxygen into, and remove carbon dioxide from, your blood.