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Tests Overview Articles

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
The following tests may be done: Examination of a blood sample under a microscope; Fibrin degradation products - high; Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) - high; Platelet count - low; Prothrombin time (PT) - high; Serum fibrinogen - low.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 19, 2008

Specific Tests Articles

Fibrinogen
This is a test that measures the amount of fibrinogen in the blood.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 8, 2007
Fibrinogen Test
Fibrinogen (Factor I) is a protein that originates in the liver. It is converted to fibrin during the blood-clotting process (coagulation).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Physical examination
During a physical examination, a health care provider studies a patient's body to determine the presence or absence of physical problems. A typical physical examination includes: Inspection (looking at the body) Palpation (feeling the body with hands) Auscultation (listening to sounds) Percussion (producing sounds)
Source:ADAM
Date:January 22, 2007
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT)
This is a test that measures clotting time in plasma (the liquid portion of blood). It focuses on a specific pathway in the blood clotting process.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 9, 2007
Partial Thromboplastin Time
The partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test is a blood test that is done to investigate bleeding disorders and to monitor patients taking an anticlotting drug (heparin). Purpose Diagnosis Blood clotting (coagulation) depends on the action of substances in the blood called clotting factors.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Platelet count
This is a test to measure the number of platelets in blood. Platelets are a type of blood cell. They play a key role in normal blood clotting. During the clotting process, platelets clump together to plug small holes in damaged blood vessels. The purpose of clotting is to stop bleeding. Platelets also activate factor VIII and release phospholipids as part of the blood clotting process.
Source:ADAM
Date:March 8, 2007
Platelet Count
A platelet count is a diagnostic test that determines the number of platelets in the patient ' s blood. Platelets, which are also called thrombocytes, are small disk-shaped blood cells produced in the bone marrow and involved in the process of blood clotting.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Prothrombin time (PT)
This is a test that measures the clotting time of plasma (the liquid portion of the blood).
Source:ADAM
Date:March 9, 2007
Prothrombin Time
The prothrombin time test belongs to a group of blood tests that assess the clotting ability of blood. The test is also known as the pro time or PT test.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Coagulation Tests
Hemostasis has been described as "a process by which the body spontaneously stops bleeding and maintains blood in the fluid state within the vascular compartment." There are at least four major systems that are involved in this complex process: the vasculature system, the platelets, the fibrin-forming system, and the fibrin- lysing system.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Factor II assay
Factor II assay is a test to measure the activity of factor II -- one of the substances involved in blood coagulation.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 26, 2007
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