04-19-2016, 06:05 AM
Guys need help with this question
1. A 27 yo m comes to the physician because of 3 hrs hx of muscle tenderness and swelling in left thigh following minimal trauma. He has severe hemophilia a and has received factor viii replacement since childhood. his bleeding has been poorly controlled in recent months despite increasing doses of factor viii. platelet count is 120000 and aptt is greater than 125 sec. which is the next step in diagnosis
a. measurement of bleeding time
b measurement of factor ix conc
c.measurement of thrombin time to detect heparin
d. platelet function studies
e. test for factor viii inhibitor
1. A 27 yo m comes to the physician because of 3 hrs hx of muscle tenderness and swelling in left thigh following minimal trauma. He has severe hemophilia a and has received factor viii replacement since childhood. his bleeding has been poorly controlled in recent months despite increasing doses of factor viii. platelet count is 120000 and aptt is greater than 125 sec. which is the next step in diagnosis
a. measurement of bleeding time
b measurement of factor ix conc
c.measurement of thrombin time to detect heparin
d. platelet function studies
e. test for factor viii inhibitor