RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The preoperative bleeding time test: assessing its clinical usefulness
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 379
OP 382
VO 62
IS 6
A1 Amy S. Gewirtz
A1 Kandice Kottke-Marchant
A1 Michael L. Miller
YR 1995
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/62/6/379.abstract
AB 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.