Marketing clearance.Marketing Clearance: San Diego-based medical device firm Biosite Inc. recently was told by the Food and Drag Administration that its developed Triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. D-Dimer Test d-dimer test Lab medicine A test that detects FDPs using latex beads coated with monoclonal antibodies to the d-dimer of fibrinogen. See Deep vein thrombosis, Fibrin split products. to detect life-threatening blood clots Blood Clots Definition A blood clot is a thickened mass in the blood formed by tiny substances called platelets. Clots form to stop bleeding, such as at the site of cut. has been cleared for marketing. Biosite said on Dec. 2 that the portable test can easily be used in the emergency department or at the patients' bedside. Pulmonary embolisms, blockages of one or more of the pulmonary arteries by blood clot blood clot n. A semisolid, gelatinous mass of coagulated blood that consists of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets in a fibrin network. , is the third most common cause of death in the United States, claiming 650,000 lives annually. |
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