A Patient Has a Platelet Count of 80 X 10⁹/L

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient has a platelet count of 80 x 10⁹/L and a bleeding time of 15 minutes.From what is the patient most likely suffering?

• A)A platelet function disorder
• B)A quantitative platelet disorder
• C)A combined platelet disorder
• D)von Willebrand disease
• Question: Is it good practice to perform a bleeding time on a thrombocytopenic patient? No.Also Bleeding Times are being replaced in many labs by TEG (thromboelastography)and platelet function analyzers (i.e.PFA 100)

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