Bleeding-time Definition

Bleeding-time Sentence Examples

• Diagnostic features are a normal platelet count with a prolonged bleeding time.

• The use of a loading dose of clopidogrel in non-ST segment elevation ACS patients prior to angiography prolongs their bleeding time.

• Tests for thrombocytopenia include coagulation tests that may reveal a decreased platelet count and prolonged bleeding time.

• Von Willebrand's disease is treated by several methods to reduce bleeding time and to replace factor VIII, which then replaces the von Willebrand factor.

• In the complex coagulation process, the absence or inactivity of just one clotting factor can greatly increase bleeding time.