Critical pathways exist in many hospitals for treating patients with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some pathways call for “baseline laboratory studies,” including ...

A 30-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus presented to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of headache and altered mental status. Her medical history included ...

Thirteen patients with liver disease and an abnormal prothrombin time refractory to vitamin K therapy were studied (Tables 1 and 2). None of the patients were actively bleeding, and none had received ...

A prothrombin time (PT) test measures the amount of time it takes for your blood plasma to clot. Prothrombin, also known as factor II, is just one of many plasma proteins involved in the clotting ...

Coagulation studies help you understand blood disorders, so you can pursue treatment options to improve your blood’s ability to form clots. Blood coagulation, or blood clotting, is a process in which ...

Clotting is what prevents excessive bleeding when you cut yourself. But the blood moving through your vessels shouldn’t clot. If such clots form, they can travel through your bloodstream to your heart ...

Medical researchers have discovered a new regulator of the blood coagulation cascade. Researchers at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) have discovered a ...

A DZHK research team at the University Medical Center Mainz has discovered a new signaling pathway of the coagulation system that controls scar formation after a heart attack. If this signaling ...