Tourniquet test

The Rumpel - Leede test is a medical examination in order to check the stability of the capillaries as well as the functionality of the platelets.

An alternative test to check the functionality of the platelets is platelet aggregometry. The Rumpel - Leede test is performed is by a blood pressure cuff on the upper arm of the patient applied and inflated to a pressure between diastolic and systolic blood pressure (optimum: 90 mmHg). After 10 minutes, the sleeve is removed and analyzed on the arm petechial hemorrhages. The test is positive if more than 10 petechiae are detectable below the tourniquet.

A positive test result may be an indication of a vascular bleeding or a lack of effect of platelets. The latter can be either a decreased platelet count (thrombocytopenia) or a platelet function disorder ( thrombocytopathy ) based. Positive tests can be found for example in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura and the scarlet.

The test is named after the Erstbeschreibern Theodor Rumpel and Leede Carl Stockbridge, the procedure in 1909 and published in 1911 independently.

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• B. Kemkes - Matthes, G. Oehler, blood coagulation and thrombosis. Georg Thieme Verlag, 3rd edition, 2001, ISBN 3-13-104822-0.

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