The nickname Boilermakers goes back to 1891 when the Purdue football team defeated nearby rival Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana 44â0.
Doctors can use computed tomography (to-MOG-rah-fee) scans, or CT scans, to look for blood clots in the lungs and legs. For this test, dye is injected into a vein in your arm. The dye makes the blood vessels in your lungs and legs show up on x-ray images. You'll lie on a table, and an x-ray tube will rotate around you.
A platelet count is used to detect the number of platelets in the blood. The test is included in a complete blood count (CBC) , a panel of tests often performed as part of a general health examination. Platelets are tiny fragments of cells that are essential for normal blood clotting.A platelet count may be used to screen for or diagnose various diseases and conditions that can cause problems with clot formation.n excess of platelets can cause excessive clotting or sometimes bleeding if the platelets are not functioning properly. However, people with too many platelets often have no signs or symptoms, so the condition may be found only when a platelet count is done as part of a health check or for other reasons.