Select the Next Best Test to Run Given the Following

question 23

Multiple Choice

Select the next best test to run given the following PTT results on a patient's plasma:
$\begin{array}{ll}\text { Initial PTT: } & 75 \mathrm{~seconds} \\ \text { Immediate } 1: 1 \mathrm{mix} \text { with normal plasma: } & 38 \mathrm{~seconds} \\ \text { Incubated } 1: 1 \mathrm{mix} \text { with normal plasma: } & 36 \mathrm{~seconds}\end{array}$

• A)dilute Russell's viper venom time
• B)factor assays
• C)factor V Leiden
• D)Bethesda titer

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