Coagulation System (Part II)

Question 1

Is excessive bleeding that requires medical or
physical intervention

Answer 1

Hemorrhage

Question 2

Hemorrhage may be :

Answer 2

o Local or general
o Mucocutaneous or anatomic
o Acquired or congenital

Question 3

Bleeding from a single location

Answer 3

localized

Question 4

Usually indicates injury, infection, tumor, or
an isolated blood vessel defect

Answer 4

Localized

Question 5

Bleeding from multiple sites, spontaneous and recurring bleeds, or a hemorrhage that
requires physical intervention

Answer 5

Generalized

Question 6

Is potential evidence for a disorder of primary
hemostasis

Answer 6

Generalized

Question 7

• Typically in skin or at body orifices
• May appear as petechiae, purpura, or ecchymoses
• May indicate a disorder of
  primary hemostasis

Answer 7

Mucocutaneous

Question 8

• Or soft tissue hemorrhage
• Is seen in acquired or congenital defects in
  secondary hemostasis

Answer 8

Anatomic

Question 9

Bleeding from the gums, epistaxis, hematemesis, blood in the urine or stool, and
menorrhagia

Answer 9

Mucocutaneous

Question 10

• Most anatomic bleeds are internal
• Bleeds into joints, body cavities, muscles, or the central nervous system

Answer 10

Anatomic

Question 11

• Begin after childhood
• Are associated with some disease or physical
  trauma
• Are not duplicated in
  relatives

Answer 11

Acquired

Question 12

• Are uncommon
• Are usually diagnosed in infancy or during the first years of life
• Lead to recurrent hemorrhages

Answer 12

Congenital