Chapter 27

Question 1

What is hemostasis

Answer 1

Bleeding stops

Question 2

What is a thrombus

Answer 2

Blood clot

Question 3

What is an embolus

Answer 3

Thrombus that moves through the blood vessel

Question 4

What is hemophilia

Answer 4

Genetic disorder with the inability to clot. Can bleed to death

Question 5

What are anticoagulants

Answer 5

Inhibit formation of clots

Question 6

What are antiplatelet drugs

Answer 6

Prevent platelet plugs

Question 7

What are hemorheological drugs

Answer 7

Alter platelet functions but do not prevent platelets from working

Question 8

What are thrombolytic drugs

Answer 8

Break down existing clots

Question 9

What are antifibrinolytic drugs

Answer 9

Promote blood clotting

Question 10

What is the only coagulation modifier drug that breaks down existing blood clots

Answer 10

Thrombolytic drugs

Question 11

If an embolus lodges in the coronary artery it is called

Answer 11

Myocardial infarction

Question 12

If an embolus lodges in the brain vessel it is called a

Answer 12

Stroke

Question 13

If an embolus lodges in the lungs it is called a

Answer 13

Pulmonary embolus

Question 14

If an embolus lodged in the vein in the leg it is called

Answer 14

Deep vein thrombosis

Question 15

What type of heparin does not require lab monitoring

Answer 15

Low molecular weight heparin’s

Question 16

What type of heparin comes from animal sources

Answer 16

Unfractionated heparins

Question 17

What is bridging therapy

Answer 17

When heparin is used post surgery to protect patient from clot formation until warfarin takes effect

Question 18

What does warfarin do

Answer 18

Inhibit vitamin K synthesis

Question 19

How to anticoagulants work

Answer 19

Prevent clotting by preventing parts of the clotting cascade

Question 20

Warfarin cannot be used during pregnancy so what is used instead

Answer 20

Heparin

Question 21

When are anticoagulants contraindicated

Answer 21

If bleeding is expected, kidney disease

Question 22

How can heparin induced thrombocytopenia be treated

Answer 22

With Argatroban

Question 23

What is thrombocytopenia

Answer 23

Low platelet count

Question 24

What is the antagonist for heparin

Answer 24

Protamine

Question 25

What can treat warfarin toxicity

Answer 25

Vitamin K

Question 26

What can aspirin cause in children

Answer 26

Rye’s syndrome

Question 27

How do thrombolytic drugs break down clots

Answer 27

Activate fibrinolytic system to destruct clot