Coagulation studies: prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, bleeding time.
Three coagulation tests available in the emergency department are described in this article. Methods, results, and implications in the bleeding patient are reviewed.
D001760:Bleeding Time; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000032:analysis; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests / Q000379:methods*; D001791:Blood Platelet Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis; D004630:Emergencies; D005177:Factor XIII Deficiency / Q000175:diagnosis; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis; D006487:Hemostasis; D006801:Humans; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D011517:Prothrombin Time
D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors