Chapter 13 (anticlotting agents) Flashcards
antiplatelet drugs
inhibit the initiation of a clot
anticoagulant drugs
prevent the formation of mature clots
thrombolytic drugs
dissolve clots that have already formed
three mechanisms of body to reduce blood loss when bleeding occurs
- vascular spasm
- formation of platelet plug (where platelet inhibitors work)
- blood clotting; coagulation (anticoagulants work here)
vascular spasm
one method of hemostasis; BVs snap back after being severed to narrow lumen of arteriols and reduce blood flow
formation of platelet plug
one method of hemostasis; platelets become activated and form spikey processes to become sticky
They can then adhere to inner walls of damaged BVs to form a platelet plug
coagulation
one method of hemostasis; blood congeals to form a clot around the platelet plug
Occurs via a cascade
coagulation cascades
extrinsic and intrinsic that both lead to a final common pathway
fibrinolytic system
body tissue and blood contain substances that activate plasminogen to plasmin, which is the enzyme that dissolves clots
tPA
tissue plasminogen activators; drugs that dissolve clots
Must be given within about 3 hours after symptoms of MI/stroke or the detriments will outweight the benefits
Works on large artery occlusions, lacunar strokes, and pts. with frosbite (reduce number of amputations)
thrombosis
abnormal formation of an intravascular clot
BV inner lining
should be smooth endothelial cells to keep platelets and RBCs from sticking
Can become roughened from atherosclerosis, trauma, or infection which can lead to thrombus formation
plaque atherogenicity
BV plaques are stimulatory to the clotting system (atherogenic) and can lead to blood clots on stop of plaque in artery
clot formation in veins
usually form from stasis of blood, allowing clotting factors to accumulate and initiate coagulation leading to DVT
DVT
deep venous thrombosis; forms from blood stasis
Often happens to people who have been sedentary for a long time or pregnant women from weight impeding venous blood flow (also cause of varicose veins and hemorrhoids)
vein clots often lead to problems in the…
lungs
artery clots often lead to problems in the…
brain
embolus
thrombus that has been dislodged and swept away in blood; can obstruct BVs and cause ischemia to tissue beds distal to obstruction (PE or stroke)
PE
pulmonary embolism; often from DVT in legs
thromboembolic events
both thrombosis and embolism make up this disease