Long-term Care. Skilled Nursing LTC: A licensed health facility or a distinct part of a long-term care facility which provides skilled nursing care and supportive care to patients whose primary need is for availability of skilled nursing care on an extended basis.
SBT stands for Stud Book Tradition, a term chosen by, The International Cat Association (TICA). SBT specifies that the Bengal is pedigreed and must be at least 4 generations removed from the Asian Leopard Cat. To be an SBT there must only be Bengal to Bengal breeding.
Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) is a blood test that measures the time it takes your blood to clot. A longer-than-normal PTT or APTT can mean a lack of or low level of one of the blood clotting factors or another substance needed to clot blood.A longer-than-normal PTT may be caused by conditions such as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome or lupus anticoagulant syndrome (increase miscarriage).