THE PURSER WELLNESS REFERENCE
Understand your lab vocabulary.
Compare Dr. Purser’s adult ranges with your own report. Units, symptoms and health history matter when you discuss a result with your clinician.
6 entries
Coagulation and Thrombosis Markers
Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) — lab reference
Reagent-specific. Heparin monitoring may use different targets or anti-Xa.
Coagulation and Thrombosis MarkersD-dimer — lab reference
Age-adjusted and assay-specific diagnostic strategies may apply. Not a stand-alone thrombosis diagnosis.
Coagulation and Thrombosis MarkersFibrinogen — lab reference
Acute-phase reactant; functional and antigenic assays differ.
Coagulation and Thrombosis MarkersINR — lab reference
Normal range only. Warfarin therapeutic targets are indication-specific.
Coagulation and Thrombosis MarkersProthrombin time (PT) — lab reference
Reagent-specific. Ask your clinician to read this result with INR, liver function, vitamin K, and anticoagulants.
Coagulation and Thrombosis MarkersThrombin time — lab reference
Reagent-specific; affected by heparin, direct thrombin inhibitors, and fibrinogen abnormalities.
Use these pages to learn what a term means and what to ask next. Your clinician can help you decide what your own results mean.
