The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness.
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.
Gewirtz
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Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Kottke-Marchant
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Miller
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D001760:Bleeding Time; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity