Coagulation System (Part II) Flashcards
Must be tested within 24 hours of the time of collection
PT
Must be tested within 4 hours of the time of
collection
APTT
PT reagents (or thromboplastin, tissue thromboplastin) consists of:
tissue factor
phospholipids
calcium chloride.
It is most sensitive to factor VII deficiencies
Prothrombin Time (PT)
Is used most often to monitor the e ects of
therapy with Coumadin
Prothrombin Time (PT)
Prolonged PT results in:
• DIC
• Liver disease
• Vitamin K deficienc
Is employed to monitor the e ects of UFH and to detect LAC and specific coagulation factor antibodies (anti-factor VIII antibody)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
Is prolonged in all congenital and acquired procoagulant deficiencies (except VII and XIII)
Partial Thromboplastin Time (APTT)
PTT Negatively charged particulate activator
kaolin, ellagic acid, silica, or celite
PTT Is prolonged when there is a deficiency of one or more of the following coagulation factors:
• II, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
• I (if <100 mg/dL)
Most common deficiencies of PTT
• Factor VIII (Hemophilia A)
• Factor IX (Hemophilia B)
• Factor XI (Rosenthal syndrome)
Distinguish LACs from specific inhibitors and factor deficiencies
PTT Mixing Studies
In PTT Mixing Studies UFH may be neutralized with
polybrene or heparinase
Commercially prepared bovine thrombin reagent cleaves fibrinopeptides A and B from plasma fibrinogen to form a detectable fibrin polymer
Thrombin Clotting Time
Is used to determine whether UFH is present
whenever the PTT is prolonged
Thrombin Clotting Time
May also assess the presence of the oral direct
thrombin inhibitor dabigatran.
+ drug = markedly prolonged
Thrombin Clotting Time
provides quantitative measure of dabigatran
Plasma-diluted TCT
Reptilase is a thrombin-like enzyme isolated from the venom of
Bothrops atrox (lancehead viper)
Venom Activated Assays:
Cleaves fibrinopeptide A only
Reptilase Time
Venom Activated Assays:
Useful for detecting hypofibrinogenemia or
dysfibrinogenemia
Reptilase Time
Russell Viper Venom (RVV) from the
Daboia russelii viper
Venom Activated Assays:
triggers coagulation at the level of factor X
Russell Viper Venom Test
List the Coagulation Factor Assays
- Fibrinogen Assay
- Single-Factor Assays using the PTT
- Nijmegen-Bethesda Assay
- Single-Factor Assays using the PT
- Factor XIII Assay
Clot-based method of Clauss
Fibrinogen Assay
• A modification of TCT
•Is the recommended procedure for estimating fibrinogen function
Fibrinogen Assay
Reagents of Fibrinogen Assay
• Owren bu er
• Bovine thrombin
Explain what happened in Single-Factor Assay using the PTT
● Factor VIII-depleted PPP (alone): ➡️ prolonged PTT
● Factor VIII-depleted PPP + Normal patient plasma: ➡️ PTT reverts to normal
● Factor VIII-depleted PPP + Factor VIII-deficient patient plasma: ➡️prolonged
Confirms and quantifies anti-factor VIII inhibitor (typically IgG4-class immunoglobulin)
Nijmegen-Bethesda Assay
The principles and procedures described in the section on single-factor assay using the PTT system may be applied except that PT reagent replaces the PTT reagent in the test system, and the PT protocol is followed
Single Factor Assays using the PT