LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF CIRCULATING ANTICOAGULANTS

Acquired circulating anticoagulants comprise a diverse, complex, and c onfusing assortment of hemostatic inhibitors. These anticoagulants are divisible into three board categories: nonspecific inhibitors, multis pecific inhibitors, and specific inhibitors. Lupus anticoagulants and certain paraproteins constitute the first group; fibrinogen split prod ucts, heparin-like paraproteins, and a few drugs make up the second se lective coagulation, and factor inhibitors compose the third.