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Joined: Sep 28, 2009 Posts: 37 Location: east coast
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: Answered my own question
Still wish there weren't so many abbreviations! Except CCSVI is ok since it takes forever to even say. _________________ "Sara Bellum"
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Joined: Jul 15, 2009 Posts: 759 Location: Riverside, CA
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:03 am Post subject:
Just to toss my .02 in, INR won't vary between labs, hence the "International Normalized" part. PT and PTT can vary quite a bit depending on what lab and where, the INR won't. (or shouldn't). That's why they use it, but still we get the PT tossed in there for posterity. Both will go up and down in unison. INR readings of 1 are average joe/jane, 2 would be blood that is twice as thin, 3 is 3 times, so on so forth.
Mark _________________ RRMS Dx'd 2007, first episode 2004. Bilateral stent placement, 3 on left, 1 stent on right August 2009. Watch my operation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwc6QlLVtko, Virtually symptom free since, no relapses, no drugs
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