A five-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with nasal bleeding lasting greater than two hours. In the emergency department, the nurse applied pressure for 20 minutes without successful resolution. The patient appears well and has a normal heart rate and blood pressure. The patient's mother reports that the child's father has a bleeding disorder for which he occasionally uses a nasal spray. The patient has never had testing, and this is his first physician encounter for bleeding. Which lab abnormality would you expect to find for the child's inherited condition?
-Decreased platelet count
-Increased bleeding time
-Increased platelet count
-Increased prothrombin time

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