Preoperative hemostatic evaluation: which tests, if any?
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Preoperative hemostatic evaluation: which tests, if any?
W HEN THE WHOLE BLOOD clotting time and the Duke bleeding time were the tests used to screen hemostatic function preoperatively, the question posed in the title of this brief review was easy to answer: Do not bother with these insensitive tests, rely on the patient’s history. However, the reliability today of screening techniques that can detect virtually all patients with hemostatic abnormalit...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Blood
سال: 1983
ISSN: 0006-4971,1528-0020
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v61.2.229.229