Blood Flashcards
Describe the process of haemostasis
- Process that stops
bleeding and prevents
blood loss through vessel
walls - Allows repair after tissue
damage - 3 overlapping phases
• Vascular phase
• Platelet phase
• Coagulation phase
What happen in Vascular Phase of coagulation?
When wound cut, it will trigger vascular spasm. Endothelial cells become sticky and last 30min
What happen in Platelet Phase of coagulation?
1) Platelet will aggregate at site to form a plug after 15min
2) Clotting factors that converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin
3) As fibrin network grows, blood cell and platelet are trap within tangle to form blood clot
What happen in Coagulation Phase of coagulation?
Converts fibrinogen into fibrin and happen 15 sec after injury
What are the 3 pathways which ultimately results in a bld clot?
1) Extrinsic pathway
2) Intrinsic pathway
3) Common pathway
Where are plasma protein being produce?
liver
What are the ingredient needed for clotting to happen ?
11 plasma protein that exist as proenzymes and Calcium ions
What will activate the intrinsic pathway ?
1) When blood expose to collagen because endothelium cut
2) Require platelet factors
3) Need to activate Factor X (10)
For intrinsic pathway, what are the factor being activated?
12 -> 12a
11 -> 11a + calcium ions
9 -> 9a
8 -> 8a
10->10a + calcium ions
What will activate the extrinsic pathway?
1) When there trauma happen to blood vessel. It help activate tissue thromboplastins.
2) Occurs in bloodstream
3) Requires assistance of platelet factors
For extrinsic pathway, what are the factor being activated?
3 (tissue factor) + calcium ions + VII (7)
10 -> 10a
What will trigger the common pathway during coagulation?
1) Enzymes from both intrinsic and extrinsic activate factor 10
2) Prothrombin is converted to thrombin by prothrombinase enzyme
what will thrombin do ?
- It will help convert fibrinogen to fibrin
(fibrin tread is form by factor 1 ,12a and calcium ions - activate protein C
- Provide feedback of thrombin
What is Clot Retraction?
Platelets contract and pull torn area together after clot has formed. this is to reduces size of damaged area
What is the fibrinogen conversion to fibrin process ?
1) Proteolysis - Use thrombin to remove to become fibrin monomer
2) Polymerization - form fibrin polymer
3) Stabilisation of fibrin polymer - Insoluble fibrin clot
Why vitamin K is important for coagulation ?
Produce by liver
- to produce prothrobin coagulation
- Produce factor 7 , 9 ,10
- Produce circulatory anticoagulant protein
What happen when there is vitamin K missing?
1) Increase prothrobin time and blood clotting time
2) Serious haemorrhage may happen
What is subendothelial tissue in coagulation ?
Made of collagen fibres
Why blood circulating in in body do not clot
- Blood circulate at constant velocity
- Endothelial is smooth
- Glycocalyx prevent clot
- There are anti coagulant in the blood (e.g. heparin, Antithrombin 3, Alpha 2 Macroglobulin, protien C
What type of health condition result in blood coagulation ?
- Altherosclerosis
- Hypertension Haemodynamic stress
- Arterial disease
- Diabetes
- hypercholesterolemia (high blood cholesterol )
When will hypercoagulability happen?
1) Increase in clot factor , fibrinogen, prothrombin factor 6a,7 ,10a
2) Increase in platelet count and adhesiveness
3) Decrease in coagulation inhibitors, antithrombin 3 and fibrinogen degradation products
What is the roles of liver in blood coagulation ?
1) synthesis of procoagulant
2) Produce 5,7,9,10 prothrombin & fibrinogen
3) To help remove activated procoagulants
4) Synthesis of anticoagulant (Heparin, antithrombin 3 and protein C)
How will liver failure affect blood coagulation ?
- Result in bleeding disorder due to hypo coagulability of blood
- Uncontrolled extensive clotting inside the blood tissue
What roles does Endothelium play in blood coagulation ?
- Smooth Endothelium cell prevent platelet aggregation
- PG12 prevent platelet aggregation
What effect will thrombi have in the blood?
- Ischemia and infarction happen
- Reduce or stop blood flow to organ
What is thromboembolism ?
Thrombi break off and flow with blood to another location . (eg pulmonary embolism , cerebral embolism
How to prevent thrombi ?
1) Use drug to lower platelet adhesiveness - Aspirin, Dextran , Dipyridamole
2) Anticoagulant - Heparin and Dicoumarol
3) Intermittent compression or electrical stimulation of calf muscle
What is INR (International Normalized Ratio)
It is a standardized value for (PT)Prothrombin Time that is often quoted when following warfarin therapy. The normal value is set at 1.
What does elevated INR indicates? (International Normalized Ratio)
An elevated INR indicates relative increase in anti-coagulation (i.e. INR = 2-3)
What is observe during warfarin therapy ?
↑ Prothrombin Time(PT) can be seen with warfarin therapy, or any process affecting the synthesis of coagulation factors (i.e. liver disease and DIC; respectively).
Prothrombin Time (PT) evaluate what?
measures the integrity of the extrinsic system as well as factors common to both systems
PTT (Partial Thromboplastin Time) evaluation what ?
evaluates the intrinsic system: Factors XII, XI, IX, VIII, X, V, II and I. (1,2,5,8,9,10,11.12)
What is use to depress clotting response
heparin, coumadin, aspirin
What is use to dissolve existing clots?
tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) produce by thrombin, streptokinase, urokinase