Block 3 - Hemostasis Phys Flashcards
What is hemostasis?
Cessation of blood flow by coagulation mechanisms
Used to stem hemorrhage
What is the difference between hemorrhage and ecchymoses?
Hemorrhage: copious bleeding
Ecchymoses: bruising, bleeding of the skin
What can disorders of hemostasis lead to?
Excessive coagulation or bleeding
Genetic errors → problems with thrombocyte (platelets) number or function
What are the steps of hemostasis?
- Vascular phase (initiation)
- Aggregation phase (amplification)
- Coagulation phase (propagation)
What occurs in the vascular phase?
- Spasm of BV
- Platelets activated and travel to site of injury
What occurs in the aggregation phase?
- Continued platelet activation
- Platelets clump and form a plug
What occurs in the coagulation phase?
Platelets release substances that lead to formation of fibrin layer over the platelet plug
What is primary disorders? Example?
Abnormalities in platelet number or function or thrombocytopenia
von Willebrand disease
What are secondary disorders? Examples?
Lack of or reduction in factors tied to coagulation results in genetic factors
Hemophilia
Vitamin K deficiency
What is Thrombocytopenia vs Thrombocythemia?
Penia: low platelets
Cythemia: Excess of platelets
What are examples of hereditary disorders?
von Willebrand disease, hemophilia
What are examples of acquired disorders?
issues related to vitamin K utilization, liver disease
What does the immune system play a role in hemostasis?
Regulation of coagulation
What is the the liquid portion of the blood? Portion of TBW? Components?
Plasma: 55%
Water
Plasma protein
Miscellaneous molecules
What are the formed elements? Portion of TBW? Components?
Blood cells: 45%
Erythocytes
Leukocytes
Thrombocytes
What is hematopoiesis?
Process by which blood cells are formed
What cells produce new blood cells? What causes its proliferation and differentiation?
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)
growth factors and immune mediators
What do HSCs differentiate into? Function?
- Lymphoid precursor cells: Divide to produce lymphocytes
- Myeloid precursor cells: Divide to produce RBS, granulocytes, monocytes, and megakaryocytes
What are Megakaryocytes?
Large cell in the bone marrow responsible for production of thrombocytes (platelets)
Megakaryocytopoiesis
What regulates thrombopoiesis?
Cytokines and growth factors
What is the most important growth factor in platelet production? Why?
Thrombopoeitin
- Stimulates proliferation of platelets and progenitor cells
- Suppor differentiation of megakarytocytes
As platelets increase, thrombopoeitin (increase/decrease)?
Decrease
What is IL-3?
Growth factor that supports early development of progenitor cells.
What is IL6?
Growth factor that acts in synergy with thrombopoietin to increase numbers of megakaryocytes
What is IL-11?
Growth factor that stimulates platelet production by acting on early progenitor cells and in the development of megakaryocytes
What are coagulation pathways of hemostasis?
Intrinsic pathway
Extrinsic pathway
What activates the intrinsic pathway?
Damage within vascular system
Describe the mechanisms of intrinsic pathway?
- Activation of proenzymes exposed to collagen fibers at site of injury.
- Assistance of PF-3 (factor released by aggregating platelets).
- After a series of linked reactions, activated clotting factors combine to form an enzyme complex capable of activating factor X.
What activates extrinsic pathway?
Presence of blood outside the standard circulating system
What are the mechanisms of extrinsic pathways?
- Release of tissue factor (TF; also called factor III) by damaged endothelial cells or peripheral tissues
- Tissue factor combines with Ca2+ and another clotting factor to form an enzyme capable of activating factor X
What is a common pathway? How does it begin?
A set of components shared by the intrinsic and extrinsic
Activated factor X
What are the mechanisms of common pathway?
- Activated factor X activates a complex called prothrombin activator. (Phase 1)
- Prothrombin activator converts the proenzyme prothrombin into the enzyme thrombin. (Phase 2)
- Thrombin completes the clotting process by converting fibrinogen to fibrin. (Phase 3)
What is the center of primary disorders?
- Platelet function and binding.
- Considerations related to integrity of vascular endothelial cells
Types of primary disorders?
von Willebrand disease (vWD)
Thrombocytopenia
What is the most common genetic bleeding disorder?
vWD