See Table E86 for interpretation of coagulation protein screening tests.
TABLE E86 Clinical Peculiarities of Coagulation Protein Screening Tests
Long aPTT, Normal or Long PT, No Bleeding | Normal aPTT, PT, with Bleeding | ||
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Long aPTT only | |||
Factor XII deficiency | Factor XIII deficiency or inhibitor | ||
Prekallikrein deficiency | α2-Antiplasmin deficiency or defect | ||
High-molecular-weight kininogen | Plasminogen activator inhibitor deficiency or defect | ||
Lupus anticoagulant | α1-Antitrypsin Pittsburgh defect | ||
Long aPTT and PT | |||
Dysfibrinogenemia with fibrinopeptide B release | |||
Lupus anticoagulant |
aPTT, Activated partial thromboplastin time; PT, prothrombin time.
From Hoffman R et al: Hematology: basic principles and practice, ed 5, Philadelphia, 2009, Churchill Livingstone.
Heparin therapy, coagulation factor deficiency (I, II, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII), liver disease, vitamin K deficiency, disseminated intravascular coagulation, circulating anticoagulant, warfarin therapy, specific factor inhibition (penicillin [PCN] reaction, rheumatoid arthritis), thrombolytic therapy, nephrotic syndrome