Table 2.

Coagulation laboratory tests.

Function Evaluated	Laboratory Tests
Platelets	Platelets count
Coagulation	Partial thromboplastin time (PT) and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)
	Fibrinogen
Anticoagulant markers	Protein C and antithrombin III (AT III)
Fibrinolysis markers	D-dimer
Fibrinolytic activity	Plasminogen and α2-antiplasmin
Antifibrinolytic activity	Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1)
DIC markers	Prothrombin activation fragment Fl and F2, factor IX (FIX), and factor X (FX) activation peptides