1 The number of mosques in urban areas is decreasing, while the number of mosques in suburban areas is increasing. In 2011, 28 percent of mosques were located in suburbs, up from 16 percent in 2000.  The conversion rate per mosque has remained steady over the past two decades.
A platelet count is a test that is ordered in combination with a complete blood count, or CBC. A doctor may order this test when a patient has unexplained bruises or bleeds for long periods of time after they have been cut. An adult's normal platelet count ranges from 150,000 to 450,000 per microliter of blood.
< 24 hours. Justification. Comprehensive platelet aggregation studies are a standard and accepted part of any coagulation work-up following initial screening tests, PT/INR, aPTT and von Willebrand factor testing. Platelet function testing is an important part of the evaluation of common and rare bleeding disorders [1, 2, 3, 8]. Platelet function testing has been a part of clinical laboratory practice since early in the 20th century (8). Machaon Diagnostics measures platelet aggregation by light transmission aggregometry (LTA) which is the current GOLD STANDARD test for measuring platelet function [4, 5, 6, 8]. We test 7 different platelet activators or agonists, some at multiple concentrations, for a total of 11 platelet aggregation tests as part of our comprehensive platelet function assessment. Each agonist is tested individually against platelets suspended in platelet rich plasma environment and at a standardized platelet concentration (250,000 platelets/Î¼L).