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| The purpose of platelet count is to: |
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| Evaluate Platelet Production |
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| Prothrombin time is used to monitor response to: |
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| Oral Anticoagulant therapy |
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| This test is considered to be one of the most important screening test of platelet function. What test is it? |
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| An interfering factor for Prothrombin Time is: |
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| Salicylates (aspirin), more than 1 g/day |
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| Partial thromboplastin time is used to monitor response to |
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| The purpose of a bleeding time is |
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| to assess overall hemostatic function |
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| bleeding time may be measured by one of three methods: |
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| Template (most common), Ivy, or Duke |
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| An interfering factor with platelet count is |
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| high altitudes, persistent cold temperatures, strenuous exercise |
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| Which factor is defective causing hemophilia A? |
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| Which test requires that it be sent to the laboratory on ice? |
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| Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) |
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| _______ are the smallest formed elements in the blood |
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| The circulatory system protects itself from excessive blood loss or blood clotting by ___________. |
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| Vasoconstriction lasts ____ minutes in small vessels and up to ____ minutes in a larger one |
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| a protease in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin |
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| plasma protein present in tissues, platelets, and white blood cells necessary for the coagulation of blood and, in the presence of calcium ions, necessary for the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin |
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| A protein in the blood plasma that is essential for the coagulation of blood and is converted to fibrin by thrombin and ionized calcium |
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| Prolonged PT may indicate dificiencies in.. |
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| fibrinogen, prothrombin, Vitamin K |
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| Tests to determine if blood clots normally |
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