Which Laboratory Marker Is Indicative of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which laboratory marker is indicative of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) ?

• A)Bleeding time of 10 minutes
• B)Presence of fibrin split products
• C)Thrombocytopenia
• D)Hyperfibrinogenemia

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Definitions:

Type I Error

The error that occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, often denoted as the false positive rate.

Type II Error

A Type II error occurs when a statistical test fails to reject a false null hypothesis, indicating a false negative result.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a statistical sample from a population.

Margin of Error

The amount of error that can be tolerated in statistical estimates, indicating the extent to which the sample results can differ from the true population values.