When you get a cut, your body jumps into action to keep things from getting out of hand. Cells called platelets get there first to slow the bleeding. Then, a bunch of proteins, called clotting factors ...

Recently, another modified one-stage method, developed by Owren, 7 has been given the distinctive name of thrombotest. Claims have been made that this test is more satisfactory for controlling ...

Here’s the routine when you get a cut: apply some pressure, the bleeding stops, slap on a bandage if you need one. Seems easy enough from the outside. But inside your body, even a little nick from ...

There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

For patients who experience excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC), a blood product that contains clotting factors, is significantly more ...

East Windsor, NJ - The FDA has given i-STAT Corporation clearance to market its prothrombin time (PT) test for use with the company's portable clinical analyzer according to a company press release.

Prothrombin is a protein found in the blood. It’s required for your blood to clot properly. Blood clots are solid clumps of blood made up of platelets and a network of a protein called fibrin.

To the Editor: The one-stage prothrombin time played a significant part in the development of the modern clinical approach to the hemorrhagic diseases. This is again illustrated by the paper of Kroll ...