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Two patients in a medical ICU have prolonged PT and aPTT and a platelet count of 80,000/µL. Patient X has decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis with ascites; patient Y has septic shock from pyelonephritis with oozing from cannula sites. Fibrinogen is low-normal in X and low in Y. Which further result best separates the two?
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