Coag Part 2 Flashcards
CKD patients display a baseline anemia due to:
-lack of erythropoietin
-platelet dysfunction (due to uremic environment)
What 2 things are shown to shorten bleeding times in CKD?
-dialysis
-correction of anemia
Treatment of platelet dysfunction in CKD:
-Cryoprecipitate (rich vWF)
-DDAVP
-Conjugated estrogen given pre-operatively for 5 days
What is DIC?
-disseminated intravascular coagulation
-pathological hemostatic response to tissue factor/7a complex causing excessive antagonism of the extrinsic pathway-which overwhelms the anticoagulant mechanism-generates intravascular thrombin
What 2 things become depleted during widespread microvascular thrombotic activity, causing multi=organ dysfunction?
-coagulation factors
-platelets
What can precipitate DIC?
-trauma
-amniotic fluid embolus
-malignancy
-sepsis
-incompatible blood transfusion
What lab finding are found with DIC:
-decreased platelets
-prolonged PT/PTT/Thrombin time
-increased soluble fibrin and fibrin degradation products
Management of DIC:
correct underlying condition and administer appropriate blood products
What is trauma-induced coagulopathy?
What is a common cause of trauma-related death?
Why causes coagulopathies to occur?
-uncontrolled hemorrhage
-acidosis, hypothermia, and/or hemodilution
What is Trauma-induced coagulopathy?
-independent acute coagulopathy seen in trauma patients-thought to be related to activated protein C decreasing thrombin generation
What is the driving force for protein C activition?
Hypo-perfusion
What happens to endothelial glycocalyx, which contains proteoglycans?
It degrades due to the protein C activation
What does proteoglycan-shedding result in?
Auto-heparinization
What does platelet dysfunction contribute to?
increased bleeding
The most common inherited prothrombotic diseases are caused by a mutation in _______ or ____
-factor V
-PT
What does factor V leidin mutation lead to ?
-leads to activated protein C resistance
-present in 5% caucasian population
What does prothrombin mutation cause?
Increased PT concentration-leading to hypercoagulation
What is thrombophilia?
-inherited or acquired predisposition for thrombotic events
-manifests as venous thrombosis
-highly susceptible to virchow’s triad
What is virchows triad again?
-blood stasis
-endothelial injury
-hypercoagulability
What is antiphospholipid syndrome?
autoimmune disorder with antibodies against the phospholipid-binding proteins in the coagulation system
What is antiphospholipid syndome characterized by?
What do people with this syndrome often require?
-characterized by recurrent thrombosis and pregnancy loss
-often require life-long anticoagulants
What factors greatly increase the risk of thrombosis in people with antiphospholipid syndrome?
-oral contraceptives
-pregnancy
-immobility
-infection
-surgery
-trauma
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia:
-mild to moderate thrombocytopenia associated with heparin
-occurs 5-14 days after heparin treatment
-it’s an autoimmune response occurring in up to 5% of pts receiving heparin
What does HIT result in?
platelet count reduction as well as activation of the remaining platelets and potential thrombosis
If a patient has received a prior heparin dose, thrombocytopenia or thrombosis may occur within __ day(s) of subsequent dose.
1 day of subsequent dose
Risk factors for HIT:
-women
-pts receiving high heparin doses such as with cardiopulmonary bypass
-increased risk with unfractionated heparin compared to LMWH
What to do if HIT is susprected:
-D/C heparin
-convert to an alt. anticoagulant
-warfarin is CONTRAINDICATED b/c it decreases protein C and S synthesis
What is the HIT diagnosis confirmed with?
-HIT antibody testing
-antibodies are typically cleared from circulation in 3 months
PT info:
-prothrombin time: plasma is mixed with tissue factor and the number of seconds is measured until a clot forms
-assess integrity of extrinsic and common pathways
-used to monitor vit K antagonists like warfarin
What factor deficiencies does PT reflect?
Factor 1, 2, 5, 7, 10
What factors are vit K dependent?
Factors 2, 7, and 10
aPTT info:
-activated partial thromboplastin time
-measures seconds until clot forms after mixing plasma with phospholipid, Ca++, and an activator of the intrinsic pathway
-assess integrity of intrinsic and common pathways
-may be used to measure effect of heparin