Test category · Laboratory

Coagulation & haemostasis

How well blood clots and how quickly clots are broken down: screening times, individual factors, platelet function and the inherited or acquired tendencies to bleed or clot.

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Canonical test concepts of this category that do not yet have their own page. They are listed so that the taxonomy is complete and searchable; a page is written only when it can meet the quality standard.

  • Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT, PTT, APTT) · also: partial thromboplastin time Laboratory test
  • Thrombin time (TT) Laboratory test
  • Fibrinogen · also: Clauss fibrinogen Laboratory test
  • D-dimer Laboratory test
  • Anti-Xa assay (anti-Xa) · also: heparin level, anti-factor Xa Laboratory test
  • Mixing study · also: 50:50 mix Laboratory test
  • Activated clotting time (ACT) Laboratory test
  • Platelet function analyser (PFA-100, PFA) · also: platelet function test Laboratory test
  • Platelet aggregation studies · also: light transmission aggregometry Laboratory test
  • Thromboelastography (TEG) Laboratory test
  • Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) Laboratory test
  • Factor II assay · also: prothrombin assay Laboratory test
  • Factor V assay Laboratory test
  • Factor VII assay Laboratory test
  • Factor VIII assay · also: haemophilia A factor level Laboratory test
  • Factor IX assay · also: haemophilia B factor level Laboratory test
  • Factor X assay Laboratory test
  • Factor XI assay Laboratory test
  • Factor XII assay Laboratory test
  • Factor XIII assay Laboratory test
  • Von Willebrand factor antigen (vWF:Ag, VWF antigen) Laboratory test
  • Von Willebrand factor activity (vWF activity) · also: ristocetin cofactor activity, VWF:RCo, VWF:GPIbM Laboratory test
  • Protein C · also: protein C activity Laboratory test
  • Protein S · also: free protein S Laboratory test
  • Antithrombin (AT, ATIII) · also: antithrombin III Laboratory test
  • Lupus anticoagulant (LA) Laboratory test
  • Dilute Russell viper venom time (dRVVT) Laboratory test
  • Anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) Laboratory test
  • Beta-2 glycoprotein I antibodies (anti-β2GPI) · also: beta-2 glycoprotein antibodies Laboratory test
  • Factor V Leiden · also: factor V Leiden mutation Genetic / molecular
  • Prothrombin gene mutation · also: prothrombin G20210A Genetic / molecular
  • Coagulation screen · also: clotting screen, coagulation profile Panel
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