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Bleeding Time
- Normal
- Range: 2 to 9.5 minutes
- Indications
- Replaced by Platelet Function Closure Time (PFCT)
- Increased Bleeding Time
- Thrombocytopenia
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
- Platelet disorders
- Bernard-Soulier
- Glanzmann's
- Capillary wall abnormalities
- Von Willebrand's Disease
- Medications
- Aspirin
- Warfarin (Coumadin)
- NSAIDs
- Streptokinase
- Urokinase
- Dextran
- Beta-lactamase antibiotics
- Moxalactam
Bleeding time procedure (C0005729) | |
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| Definition (MSH) | Duration of blood flow after skin puncture. This test is used as a measure of capillary and platelet function. |
| Concepts | Laboratory Procedure (T059) |
| MSH | D001760 |
| English | Bleeding Time, Bleeding time - observation, Bleeding time procedure, Bleeding Times |
| Spanish | tiempo de sangria |
| Parent Concepts | Blood coagulation tests (C0005790), Platelet Function Tests (C0032184), Blood Physiologic Phenomena (C1257981), Duplicate concept (C1274013) |
| Sources | AOD, LNC, MSH, MTH, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) |
