@article {Gewirtz379, author = {Amy S. Gewirtz and Kandice Kottke-Marchant and Michael L. Miller}, title = {The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness}, volume = {62}, number = {6}, pages = {379--382}, year = {1995}, publisher = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine}, abstract = {SUMMARY The bleeding time test can aid in the diagnostic evaluation of patients with clinical hemorrhagic disorders or a history of bleeding. However, its low positive predictive value in predicting perioperative bleeding should force one to abandon it as a routine preoperative screening test.}, issn = {0891-1150}, URL = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/379}, eprint = {https://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/379.full.pdf}, journal = {Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine} }