The patient with a traumatic brain injury has symptoms of life-threatening elevated intracranial pressure. The provider instructs the nurse to prepare the patient for the insertion of an intraventricular catheter to monitor intracranial pressure (ICP) and drain cerebrospinal fluid as necessary. Which lab value prompts the nurse to clarify the safety of the procedure with the patient?

Partial thromboplastin time = 88 seconds. The patient with a partial thromboplastin time (PTT) of 88 seconds is at an increased risk for hemorrhage, which is a contraindication for intraventricular catheter insertion. Platelets of 200 and prothrombin time of 10.2 are both normal results. A hemoglobin of 9 is low but is not a contraindication for the procedure.

The patient with a traumatic brain injury has symptoms of life-th...

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