TY - JOUR T1 - The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 379 LP - 382 VL - 62 IS - 6 AU - Amy S. Gewirtz AU - Kandice Kottke-Marchant AU - Michael L. Miller Y1 - 1995/11/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/379.abstract N2 - 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. ER -