What is the clinical evidence from this study?

Study design: Review. Population: Bleeding tendency and thrombotic disorders. Intervention: Laboratory methodology to investigate platelet function.

What question did this study set out to answer?

This review aims to examine the laboratory methodologies used to investigate platelet function in clinical settings, particularly focusing on bleeding disorders.

July 1, 1986Journal of Clinical PathologyOpen Access

Laboratory investigation of platelet function: a review of methodology.

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Key result

This review highlights physiological processes of platelets and critically comments on routine laboratory techniques used to study platelet function in patients with a bleeding tendency.

Population

Patients who present primarily with a bleeding tendency or thrombotic disorders

Design

Review

Authors

DYDA YardumianNorth Middlesex Hospital IMIan MackieUniversity College London SMS.J. MachinHospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria

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Implication

Current platelet assays need refinement for bleeding disorders; leaves open optimal testing strategies pending prospective validation.

Key Points

This review aims to examine the laboratory methodologies used to investigate platelet function in clinical settings, particularly focusing on bleeding disorders.
Critical analysis of routine laboratory techniques used in haemostasis units.
Focus on techniques for assessing platelet function in patients with bleeding tendencies.
The review discusses various established methods for studying platelet functionality.
It emphasizes the need for improved methodologies to enhance clinical outcomes in patients with bleeding disorders.

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Population

Patients who present primarily with a bleeding tendency or thrombotic disorders

Exposure

Routine laboratory techniques used to study platelet function

This review provides a critical overview of routine laboratory techniques for investigating platelet function in patients with bleeding or thrombotic disorders.

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Yardumian et al. (1986) conducted a review in Bleeding tendency and thrombotic disorders. Laboratory methodology to investigate platelet function was evaluated. This review highlights physiological processes of platelets and critically comments on routine laboratory techniques used to study platelet function in patients with a bleeding tendency.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4ee78c19b9833b9d0b44b7 https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.39.7.701

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