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REP
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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject:
General Question About aPTT/PTT/INR
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I have a general question about aPTT/PTT/INR testing. I don't have all
the reference range for the lab, but my results were:
aPTT 33.5 (normal up to 2
PTT 9.8 (normal; don't know the range)
INR 1.0 (abnormal; not sure if too high or too low)
I am not on coumadin or any blood thinner. I have no known liver disease
or signs of liver disease (no jaundice) or any other reasons (no vitamin
K, no non-stop beef-eating) for these abnormal results. I am very
nephrotic and my GFR is now 84. Could kidney disease/nephrotic syndrome
cause these unusual results?
I have a call in to my doctor, but I've never failed this test before so
I'm curious as to (very general) things that can cause these results.
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Manky Badger
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| Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:
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"REP" <rep@inanna.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a general question about aPTT/PTT/INR testing. I don't have all
the reference range for the lab, but my results were:
aPTT 33.5 (normal up to 2
PTT 9.8 (normal; don't know the range)
INR 1.0 (abnormal; not sure if too high or too low)
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What makes you think the INR is abnormal?
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fake name
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Re: General Question About aPTT/PTT/INR
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I wonder if it has been written on the lab's note?
Isn't INR defined only for people in treatment thus making an INR of 1
"undefined" and thereby abnormal?
(Though of course very normal and not at all uncommon for untreated persons.
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Manky Badger
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject:
Re: General Question About aPTT/PTT/INR
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"fake name" <fake account> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I wonder if it has been written on the lab's note?
Isn't INR defined only for people in treatment thus making an INR of 1
"undefined" and thereby abnormal?
(Though of course very normal and not at all uncommon for untreated
persons.
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Well, that's entirely the problem with INRs - they *should* only be used to
control warfarin (etc) therapy and so an INR of 1 is abnormal.
However many medics today seem to use PT & INR synonymously, so whether an
INR of 1 is abnormal is anyone's guess.
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kuhnfucius
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| Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject:
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The second value you give as the PTT isd in fact the "PT". From my
experience PTs this low have a high probablity of association with truamatic
vienapunctures and clotted (partially) samples. I have standing
instructions to inspect (with wooden applicator sticks) tubes of all PTs
below 10.8 seconds (especially if they are from the ED/ER. As with all
"abnormal" results, a repeat test is wise. I also suspect that the
calculated INR is actuality lower and 1.0 is the lower report range in this
case.
"REP" <rep@inanna.com> wrote in message
news:OoRng.123440$dW3.5999@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
| Quote: | I have a general question about aPTT/PTT/INR testing. I don't have all
the reference range for the lab, but my results were:
aPTT 33.5 (normal up to 2
PTT 9.8 (normal; don't know the range)
INR 1.0 (abnormal; not sure if too high or too low)
I am not on coumadin or any blood thinner. I have no known liver disease
or signs of liver disease (no jaundice) or any other reasons (no vitamin
K, no non-stop beef-eating) for these abnormal results. I am very
nephrotic and my GFR is now 84. Could kidney disease/nephrotic syndrome
cause these unusual results?
I have a call in to my doctor, but I've never failed this test before so
I'm curious as to (very general) things that can cause these results.
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"Did Father shoot him? I will eat Grandfather for dinner."
- Helen Keller, on learning of the death of her grandfather |
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