title: The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness.
abstract: The bleeding time test can aid in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with clinical hemorrhagic disorders or a history of bleeding. However, its low positive predictive value in predicting perioperative bleeding should force one to abandon it as a routine preoperative screening test.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gewirtz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kottke-Marchant
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001760:Bleeding Time; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity