Activated Coagulation Time (ACT)

Reference Ranges

Adult ( > 16y)

70.00 TO 120.00 seconds

Conditions
Thrombocytopenia Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Cirrhosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Acute Liver Failure Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Alcoholic Liver Disease Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Fatty Liver Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Liver Cancer Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Liver Fibrosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Liver Metastases Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Liver Tumour Benign Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Metastatic Liver Cancer Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Primary Liver Cancer Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Acute Viral Hepatitis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Chronic Hepatitis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Fulminant Hepatitis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Hepatic Artery Occlusion Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Hepatic Cysts Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Hepatic Ischemia Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Hepatocellular Carcinoma Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Hepatocellular Necrosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Increased) Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Decreased) Deep Vein Thrombosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Decreased) Portal Vein Thrombosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Decreased) Renal Vein Thrombosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Decreased) Superficial Venous Thrombosis Coagulation Bleeding Time (Decreased)

Activated Coagulation Time (ACT)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Activated clotting time (ACT), also known as activated coagulation time is a test of coagulation.^[1]

The ACT test is used to monitor the effect of high-dose heparin before, during, and shortly after surgeries that require intense anticoagulant administration, such as cardiac bypass surgery, cardiac angioplasty, and dialysis.^[1] It is ordered in situations where the partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test is not clinically useful or takes too long time.^[1]

References

1. labtestsonline.org > ACT

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