Preoperative prediction of hyphemas.
In a prospective study, 139 patients undergoing cataract extraction were evaluated preoperatively with a panel of coagulation studies: prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, platelet count, and total bleeding time. Patients were monitored postoperatively for the presence of a hyphema which was then correlated with the test results. There was an overall incidence of 10.8% hyphemas in the population, and a statistically significant correlation was revealed with abnormal test results only if all the tests were considered together.
D001760:Bleeding Time; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D006801:Humans; D006988:Hyphema / Q000209:etiology*; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time; D010976:Platelet Count; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011517:Prothrombin Time