Description of Platelet Count Patients Infected with Corona Virus (Covid-19) with Grouping of Productive and Elderly Age

ABSTRACT Routine hematology tests are one of the supporting tests in diagnostics to assess the severity of
the disease and predict risk in COVID-19 patients, and can be used as supporting data on RT-PCR tests. Some
blood tests that are widely used as monitoring tools and predicators of COVID-19 are the number of
leukocytes, the number of lymphocytes, the number of neutrophils, the number of platelets and NLR
(Neutrophil lymphocyte ratio). Thrombocytopenia occurs due to excessive use of tromocytes in the body as
compensation for damage to lung parenchym cells, the lungs are organs where platelets are released from
megacaryocytes, so this damage causes disruption of platelet maturation process. The type of research used
is quantitative descriptive with the aim to find out the results of blood tests complete with platelet parameters
in patients infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus at Muhammad Noer Pamekasan General Hospital. The
results of the study were platelet count test results at normal productive age of 67 respondents (96%) and
decreased platelet count (Thrombocytopenia) by 3 respondents (4%). While in normal elderly age a number
of 26 respondents (87%) and a decreased platelet count (Thrombocytopenia) amounted to 4 respondents
(13%).