Isolated Prolonged Pt. SCL PT/aPTT profile testing revealed normal results in 29 of 107 (27%) patients on repeat testing while 78 patients warranted further evaluation of which 27 (35%) had an isolated prolonged PT 28 (36%) had a prolonged APTT and 23 (29%) had prolongations of.
INVESTIGATIONS Thrombin time and reptilase time (used to establish whether heparin contamination occurred reptilase not prolonged in heparin contamination but thrombin time is) Lupus anticoagulant tests (antiphospholipid syndrome) > APTT dilute Russell viper venom time kaolin clotting time dilute PT Textarin time Taipan time.
Causes of isolated prolonged activated partial
Causes of Prolong PT/INR Isolated Prolonged PT/INR Warfarin (low dose) Mild vitamin K deficiency Factor VII deficiency Prolonged PT/INR and APTT Artefactual high haematocrit Liver disease Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Common pathway deficiency X V II fibrinogen Severe vitamin K deficiency High dose heparin Warfarin.
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Activated partial thromboplastin time as a coagulation test was developed to monitor patients with hemophilia Different APTT reagents display considerable differences in their sensitivity to deficiencies of coagulation factors An isolated prolonged APTT is seen in (a) individuals/patients with lupus anticoagulants (b) patients in treatment with anticoagulants.
Clinical relevance of isolated prolongation of the
PT evaluates clotting within the extrinsic and common coagulation pathways Causes of isolated prolonged PT ( Clin Lab Med 200929253 Lab Med 201748295 ) Deficiency of or inhibitor to factor VII Mild decrease in common pathway factor (s) Medications warfarin and other vitamin K antagonists direct Xa inhibitors.
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Approach to the Patient with an Isolated Prolonged
Warfarin typically prolongs the PT alone but at high levels warfarin can prolong both tests Heparin typically prolongs the aPTT alone (because PT reagents contain heparinbinding agents that block heparin effect) but at high levels heparin can prolong both tests.