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What is the Lab Name for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time Lab Values?
Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
What is the Lab Abbreviation for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time?
APTT
What is Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time in terms of Nursing Labs?
APPT is a test that measures the amount of time it takes for a fibrin clot to form after reagents have been added to the specimen. It is useful in diagnosis clotting disorders. In conjunction with PT it can be used to differentiate the specific factor that may be missing.
What is the Normal Range for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time?
25-39 seconds
What are the Indications for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time?
- Identifying
- Congenital deficiencies in clotting
- Monitoring
- Effects of liver disease
- Protein deficiency
- Fat malabsorption on clotting
What would cause Increased Levels of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time?
- Vitamin K deficiency
- DIC
- Patients on hemodialysis
- Afibrinogenemia
- Polycythemia
- Liver disease
- Von Willebrand disease
What would cause Decreased Levels of Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time?
- N/A
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Normal 2 - 20 ng/mL
Indications
Diagnose megaloblastic anemia
Monitor effects of long-term Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN)
Identify Folate Deficiency
Description Folic acid is an essential water soluble B vitamin. It is stored in the liver and is an important part of Red Blood Cell (RBC)…
Normal 0.3 -2.6 mmol/L
Indications
Determine cause of acidosis
Evaluate tissue oxygenation
Description Lactate (Lactic Acid) is a byproduct of anaerobic metabolism. Normally, the tissues use aerobic metabolism to breakdown glucose for energy and the byproduct is CO2 and H2O which we excre…
Normal 0.8 - 1.2 Therapeutic Levels of Warfarin 2.0 – 3.5
Indications
Evaluate therapeutic doses of Warfarin
Identify patients at higher risk for bleeding
Identify cause of:
Bleeding
Deficiencies
Description International normalized ratio(INR) takes results from a prothrombin time …
Normal >60 optimal mg/dL
Indications
Monitor risks of heart disease
Description Cholesterol is transported via lipoproteins. There are multiple types of lipoproteins and they each have slightly different functions: high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) very low-de…
Normal 5.6-7.5 % of total Hgb
Indications
Assess control of blood sugars over a several month time frame
Diagnose Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
Description
Glycosylated Hemoglobin (HbA1c) is the combination of glucose and hemoglobin. When glucose is elevated in the blood the amount of glycosyla…
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