{"id":2369,"date":"2014-03-06T12:53:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T12:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/lfpd\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:27:25","slug":"lfpd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/lfpd\/","title":{"rendered":"Laboratory Findings in Various Platelet and Coagulation Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>A peripheral-blood smear is\u00a0a vital investigation tool in most cases to confirm a low platelet count and the presence or absence of other diagnostic features, such as red-cell fragmentation, platelet morphologic abnormalities, or evidence of dysplasia or hematinic deficiency.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>Laboratory Findings in Various Platelet and Coagulation Disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Condition<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Prothrombin Time<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Activated Partial-Thromboplastin Time<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Fibrinogen Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>d-Dimer Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Bleeding Time<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Platelet Count<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Findings on Blood Smea<\/strong>r<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Vitamin K deficiency or\u00a0use of vitamin K antagonist<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Normal or mildly prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Normal<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Aspirin or thienopyridines<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Liver failure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Early stage<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">End stage<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><br \/>\nProlonged<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><br \/>\nUnaffected<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><br \/>\nUnaffected<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Low<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><br 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10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Disseminated intravascular coagulation<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Low<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Increased<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Decreased<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Fragmented red cells<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Very low<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Fragmented red cells<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"TOP\">\n<td style=\"width: 32%;\" width=\"32%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Hyperfibrinolysis<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Low<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Very high<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Possibly prolonged<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Unaffected<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 10%;\" width=\"10%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hunt BJ. Bleeding and coagulopathies in critical care. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 27;370(9):847-59.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24571757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Parker RI. Etiology and treatment of acquired coagulopathies in the critically ill adult and child. Crit Care Clin. 1997 Jul;13(3):591-609.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9246532\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Jul 21, 2014.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171],"tags":[942,941,940,939,276,277,938,937,698,936,943],"class_list":["post-2369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hematology","tag-coagulacion","tag-coagulation","tag-desordenes","tag-disorders","tag-findings","tag-hallazgos","tag-laboratorio","tag-laboratory","tag-plaquetas","tag-platelet","tag-various"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9285,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369\/revisions\/9285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}