Talk:Tourniquet test

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[edit] Clarification requested: Petechiae

Article says: "A blood pressure cuff is applied and inflated to a point between the systolic and diastolic blood pressures for five minutes. The test is positive if there are more than 20 petechiae per square inch (a petechia is a small red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minor hemorrhage)."
Please clarify here: I assume that this means "more than 20 petechiae per square inch" in the area where the blood pressure cuff was applied.
However, I'm by no means certain of this. Thanks. -- Writtenonsand (talk) 14:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification requested: Test "considered essential" by whom?

Article says: "The test remains an essential part of the assessment of a patient who may have dengue haemorrhagic fever."
Since this is in the context of a statement that a major insurance company has determined that this test is obsolete or unreliable and replaced it by more advanced procedures, we may want to clarify by whom exactly this test is (still) considered essential.
(For example, the article Dengue mentions the tourniquet test in the context of the four-criteria definition of dengue haemorrhagic fever used by WHO. Does "everybody else" except Aetna still consider this test essential? Or is there some debate about this?) -- Writtenonsand (talk) 14:51, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification requested: "more advanced procedures"

-- And one more:
"At least one insurance company ... has determined that the Rumpel-Leede test is obsolete or unreliable and has been replaced by more advanced procedures."
Said "more advanced procedures" being what? -- Writtenonsand (talk) 14:54, 21 March 2008 (UTC)