Unbelievable but true: Partial thromboplastin time, kaolin 120 s and yet no surgical bleed!
Partial thromboplastin time, kaolin (PTTK) is a global test sensitive to low levels of all the coagulation factors, except Factor VII and Factor XIII. Patients with extensive cancer have a propensity to develop a shortened PTTK. Our breast cancer patient had a prolonged PTTK result roughly 4 times t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2017-01-01
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Series: | The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum |
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Online Access: | http://www.theiaforum.org/article.asp?issn=0973-0311;year=2017;volume=18;issue=1;spage=23;epage=26;aulast=Shah |