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salihabduallah



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PostPosted: Tue May 20, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Clotting profile Reply with quote
Nick,
can you please help me with regard to Clotting profile ?
Does it include aPTT , PT and TT ?
or it includes Bleeding time and clotting time ??
and what is the difference between Bleeding time and clotting time ?

Thank you.
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Nick Raine-Fenning
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PostPosted: Wed May 21, 2008 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
As far as I can remember it includes a PTT and an APTT but not a TT or bleeding time which are different and the most sensitive tests to define DIC and the effect of thrombocytopaenia respectively. Need to look this up however.
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