Platelet Function Testing Flashcards
Designed to detect qualitative (function) platelet
abnormalities in patients with symptoms of mucocutaneous bleeding.
Platelet Function Testing
REMINDER‼️‼️‼️‼️
Platelet count and blood film is reviewed before the test.
Original platelet function test, now obsolete.
Bleeding Time Test
Bleeding time testing
First described by __________ and. _______________
Duke (1912) and modified by Ivy (1941)
Platelet adhesion, aggregation and secretion are assessed using ___________________
in-vitro platelet aggregometry
an instrument designed to measure platelet
function in a suspension of Citrated WB or PRP.
Aggregometer
Samples use in aggregometer
Citrated WB - 3.2% sodium citrate ( 18-24°C)
Platelet Rich Plasma- Platelet count must be (200-300 x 10^9/ L)
Types of Platelet Aggregometry Studies
- Optical platelet aggregometry
- Whole blood platelet aggregometry
- Platelet Lumiaggregometry
Optical platelet aggregometry sample used
PRP
Optical platelet aggregometry testing principle
Light transmittance aggregometry
Baseline 0% Transmission scales down to 100% transmittance.
Optical platelet aggregometry
Optical platelet aggregometry
5 Phases
- Baseline
- Shape Change
- Primary-wave aggregation
- ADP/ATP release
- Second-wave aggregation
Whole blood platelet aggregometry
- Sample used
Whole blood (WB)
Whole blood platelet aggregometry
Testing principle
Electrical impedance
Whole blood platelet aggregometry
Working temp:
37 c