Prolonged APTT of unknown etiology: A systematic evaluation of causes and laboratory resource use in an outpatient hemostasis academic unit.
Ayla Cristina Nóbrega BarbosaSilmara Aparecida Lima MontalvãoKevan Guilherme Nóbrega BarbosaMarina Pereira ColellaJoyce Maria Annichino-BizzacchiMargareth Castro OzeloErich Vinicius De PaulaPublished in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2019)
Our results describe the main causes of APTT prolongation in outpatients, as well as estimates of resource use required to investigate this condition, thus providing evidence supporting the importance of measures to minimize the indiscriminate use of this assay.
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