Medical translation into English
Tiempo de Protrombina as written on blood test (used caps)
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In English it is called a protime level (short for prothrombin level) It is a test specifically for patients who are taking coumadin. Coumadin slows down clotting time by preventing the conversion of prothrombin into thrombin. Thrombin is necessary to form clots. If your prothrombin level is high then your thrombin level is low. Doctors use the protime level to determine how much coumadin to give to a pt. Too much coumadin can cause the patient to bleed too much, so it is an important test.
It is a blood coagulation test, to be specific it is a test to know the time the liquid part of the blood (plasma) takes in coagulate
I think it is the time taken for blood to coagulate.
Look here: Prothrombin time
