“…Recent reports have demonstrated that platelets activate the complement pathway, complement components can activate platelets, and platelets can become coated with C fragments (19, 34, 59 -63, 66, 69). A number of clinical reports demonstrate that trauma, including burn injury and I/R injury, leads to platelet dysregulation (26,27,32,42,44,53,66,69,81). While there is ample evidence demonstrating a functional role for platelets in ischemic stroke (30,49,54,64,65), there is little published evidence supporting a pathological role for platelets in local and remote tissue damage after I/R injury.…”