There are several lab tests for hemophilia. However, the main tests detect the clotting activity of factors VIII and IX, which are proteins in the blood. Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder in which an ...

Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when someone is injured. But blood clots in patients with medical issues, such as mechanical heart valves or other heart conditions, can lead to a ...

Factor V Leiden is an inherited blood clotting disorder. It can cause life-threatening clots in the body and complications during pregnancy.

Researchers have developed a new blood-clotting test that uses only a single drop of blood and a smartphone vibration motor and camera. Blood clots form naturally as a way to stop bleeding when ...

The fibrinogen blood test is used to assess how well the protein called fibrinogen — also called coagulation factor I — performs in the blood and to measure its levels in your blood. The test is also ...

Coagulation tests are useful in the diagnosis and management of bleeding or thrombotic disorders. The majority of hospital and reference laboratories perform routine coagulation testing such as ...

Internal quality control is an integral process of laboratory testing. A clinical laboratory's coagulation quality control (QC) program is a critical component of its quality assessment program. The ...

In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice - well before blood clotting and organ failure - enabling early antibiotic treatment and ...