Diagnosis and Management of Bleeding/Clotting Disorders Flashcards
What are key findings in the patient history that may point towards a platelet disorder?
Mucosal bleeding = nose bleeds and gingival bleeds
What is a key finding in an adult woman’s history that may point towards a bleeding disorder?
Very heavy menstrual bleeding
ex. change pad/tampon every hour
What is a key finding in the patient history that may point towards a coagulation disorder?
Spontaneous hemarthroses
Primary disorders
Platelets
Secondary disorders
Coagulation cascade proteins/factors
What 3 things do you want to measure if Von Willebrand Disease is suspected?
vWF antigen
vWF cofactor
Factor VIII
What type of vWF Disease has decreased vWF and normal factor VIII?
Type 1
How are Types 1, 2A and 2B Von Willebrand Disease inherited?
Autosomal DOMINANT
What type of vWF Disease has severely decreased vWF and decreased factor VIII?
Type 3
What is the treatment for minor bleeding associated with Von Willebrand Disease?
Desmopressin - allows release of vWF
Desmopressin treats mild Von Willebrand Disease. What are its side effects?
Hyponatremia
Flushing
Hypotension
What does Desmopressin treat and how?
Mild bleeding due to Von Willebrand Disease
- Allows release of vWF
What is the treatment for major bleeding associated with Von Willebrand Disease?
Plasma derived or recombinant vWF
Disorders of secondary hemostasis have a ____ PT and/or PTT
PROLONGED
Hemophilia A
Decrease in Factor VIII
How is Hemophilia A inherited?
X-linked Recessive
Hemophilia B
Decrease in Factor IX
What type of testing with Hemophilias is important to predict disease severity and eliminate other diseases as options?
Genetic testing
What is the standard therapy for Hemophilia A?
Recombinant Factor VIII
Why is Recombinant Factor VIII a better treatment option than plasma with the coagulation proteins in it?
Plasma is at a higher risk of containing an infection
What is a possible MSK complication that can occur with Hemophilias?
Hemophilic Arthropathy
- Bleeds in the joints slowly creates arthritis
The overall goal of treatment for Hemophilias is to?
Increase factor activity to limit bleeding
Emicizumab is a very expensive treatment for Hemophilia. What does it do?
Binds to factor IXa and X
Describe a mixing study
- Combine a patients plasma that has a prolonged PTT with a normal PTT
- Normal: Corrected PTT
- Abnormal: Failed to correct PTT
== Inhibitor antibodies present if abnormal results
In a mixing study using a factor deficient plasma, even ____ of normal factor levels will correct the PTT
50%
In a mixing study that fails to correct, the patient’s plasma contains?
Surplus of inhibitor antibodies