11/5 Flashcards
slow PT
(prolonged time)
defect in extrinsic or common coagulation pathways
-warfarin therapy
slow aPTT
(prolonged time)
defect in intrinsic or common coagulation pathways
-heparin therapy
therapeutic INR
2-3
Oral anticoagulant examples
coumarin
indandione - not used clinically
coumadin MOA
inhibits vitamin K-epoxide reductase - blocking reduction of vit K epoxide back to its active form
vit K is needed to form prothrombin
warfarin therapeutic actions
delayed onset - must deplete pool of circulating clotting factors, maximal effect is not observed until 3-5 days after initiation of therapy
after discontinuing therapy: factors must be resynthesized to return to normal PT
warfarin metabolism
metabolized by CYP2C9 - lots of variability
t1/2 = 36-48 hours
warfarin termination of action
is not correlated with plasma drug levels, but reestablishment of normal clotting factors
warfarin overdose
latrogenic hemmorrhage
- discontinue warfarin therapy
- administer Vit K1 - can activate warfarin-inhibited reductase
- in serious hemorrhage - plasma replaces clotting factors faster tan Vit K therapy
warfarin adverse effects
latrogenic hemorrhage
-risk of bleeding increases with intensity and duration of therapy
use during pregnancy
-CI in women who are or may become pregnany
-passes freely through placenta
-spontaneous abortions
-fetal hemorrhage
-birst defect: nasal hypoplasia and abnormal bone formation
drug interactions with warfarin - increased prothrombin time
PK - amiodarone, cimetidine, disulfiram, metronidazole, fluconazole, gemfibrozil, sulfinpyrazone
PD - aspirin, cephalosporins
drug interaction with warfarin - decreased prothrombin time
PK - barbituates, cholestryamine, rifampin
PD - diuretics, vit K
parenteral anticoagulants
- heparin (unfractionated heparin - UFH)
- LMWH
- non-heparinoids
heparin MOA
- binds to positively charged to antithrombin III (AT)
- increases the rate at which AT interacts with plasma proteases clotting factors (1000 fold increase)
- dissociates and can interact with more AT
AT can inactivate throbmin and factors Xa, VIIa and IXa
heparin administration
intermittent IV, continuous IV, SC
heparin clinical use
- adjust dosing according to coag tests - aPPT therapeutic range = 1.5-2 x normal
- t1/2 30-180 min
- anticoag effect dissappears within hours of discontinuation of therapy