COAGULATION DISORDERS Flashcards
Inciting event: epithelial vascular injury
Clotting mechanism
Also known as primary hemostasis
Platelet aggregation
Also known as secondary hemostasis
Attachment of other blood cells
In platelet aggregation it has:
White thrombus
Platelet plug
Unstable clot
In attachment of other blood cells it has:
Red thrombus
Stable clot
Clot that adheres to a blood vessel wall
Thrombus
Detached thrombus
Embolus
The coagulation process that generates thrombin that is essential in the formation of fibrin used in clot formation involves coagulation cascade
Clotting mechanism
Drugs for coagulation disorders
-Anticoagulants
-Anti-Platelet Drugs
- Fibrinolytic Agents
- Pro-coagulant Drugs
Anticoagulants site of action
Synthesis of or directly against clotting factors (II, IIa)
Anticoagulants types of PARENTERAL
-Hirudin
- Heparin
Anticoagulants types of ORAL
-Dicumarol
-Warfarin
Obtained from medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis)
Hirudin
Used in the management of HIT (Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia)
Hirudin
Produced by recombinant DNA technology
Lepirudin
Heterogenous mixture of sulfated mucopolysaccharides
Heparin
Activates antithrombin III which in turn inactivates thrombin (IIa); Ixa, Ca, Xia
Regular or Unfractionated Heparin
Inactivates IIa and Xa
Low Molecular Weight Heparin
Low MW Heparin drugs are:
-Enoxaparin
-Fraxiparin
-Dalteparin
Low MW Heparin route is
SQ or subcutaneous
Regular or Unfractionated Heparin Route is
SQ/IV
Initiation of anticoagulant therapy and is the management of MI or Unstable Angina. It is also a treatment and prevention of pulmonary embolism & DVT
Heparin
An anticoagulation in pregnancy (APAS)
Heparin
Side effects of heparin are:
-Hemorrhage
-Thrombocytopenia
How to monitor the hemorrhage?
Monitor aPTT
Activated partial thromboplastin site
Monitor aPTT
Contraindications of Heparin
-Hypersensitivity
-Active Bleeding
-Thrombocyptopenia
-Severe HPN
-Active TB
Also known as bis-hydroxycoumarin
Dicumarol
High incidence of GI side effects
Dicumarol
Anti-Platelet Drugs
-Thromboxane Synthesis Inhibitors
- Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors
- ADP Inhibitors
- Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors
Irreversibly acetylates COX-inhibition of TXA2 synthesis, lasts for 8-10 days
Thromboxane Synthesis Inhibitors
Aspirin is in a class of
Thromboxane Synthesis Inhibitors
Primary prophylaxis for MI and a secondary prophylaxis for MI and stroke
Aspirin
Given together with antiplatelet; ineffective when alone
Dypiridamole
Side effects of dypiridamole
Coronary steal phenomenon