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Evaluation of prothrombin time and partial thromboplastin time

C Lahoti1, A F Rangwala

  • 1Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ 07740.

New Jersey Medicine : the Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey
|May 1, 1992
PubMed

Prothrombin time (PT) and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) tests are commonly ordered for hospitalized patients. A significant reduction in laboratory workload and expense can be achieved if these tests are ordered appropriately. The likelihood that the patient will benefit from these tests is small.

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