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what are bleeding disorders?

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Deficiency in coagulation factors that cause a tendency to bleed excessively

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what are the 2 types of bleeding disorders?

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Hereditary

Acquired

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what are 2 possible reasons for bleeding disorders?

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Low levels of coagulation factors

Disfunctional coagulation factors

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what are the hereditary bleeding disorders?

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Haemophilia A
Haemophilia B
Haemophilia C
Von Willebrands disease

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what is haemophilia A?

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Deficiency of factor VIII

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when does haemophilia A occur?

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Absence or low levels of F VIII

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what are the symptoms of haemophilia A?

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Onset of symptoms in infancy
Profuse bleeding following circumcision
Excessive bruising when start to become active
Muscle haematomas
Haemarthroses
Bleeds into joints
Bleeds into internal organs
Post-op and post-trauma haemorrhage can be life-threatening
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is haemophilia A more common in males or females?

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males - X linked disorder

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what causes Haemophilia B?

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Absence or low levels of F IX

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how is the difference between haemophilia A and haemophilia B distinguished?

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Distinguished only by factor IX assay

– Measure of factor IX levels

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what causes haemophilia C?

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Deficiency of FXI

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what does treatment of haemophilia include?

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  • In specialised haemophilia centres
  • Treated with prophylactic factor replacement therapy
  • Reduced crippling haemarthroses
  • Additional treatment to cover surgery, trauma and spontaneous bleeds
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what is included in the laboratory diagnosis of haemophilia A, B and C?

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  • Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time test (APTT)
    • Measures the intrinsic coagulation pathway
  • – Extended (XII,XI, IX and VIII deficiency)
  • Prothrombin time (PT)
    • Measures extrinsic coagulation pathway
  • – Normal
  • Assay to measure level of coagulation factor
    • Reduced
  • Platelet function
    • Normal
  • Bleeding time
    • Normal
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which is the most common hereditary bleeding disease?

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Von Willebrand’s disease?

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why is Von Willebrand’s disease termed pseudo-haemophilia?

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no joint bleeds.

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what are the 3 subtypes of von Willebrand’s disease?

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Type I - Mild reduction in VWF

Type II - Functionally abnormal VWF

Type III - No VWF, most severe form

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what is the role of von Willebrand factor in the coagulation cascade?

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  • promotes platelet adhesion

- carrier molecular for factor VIII

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what is the laboratory diagnosis of vWD?

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  • Abnormal platelet function tests
  • Defective platelet aggregation
  • Low FVIII levels
  • APPT prolonged (Intrinsic pathway)
  • vWF levels low
  • Low platelet count in type 2
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what is the treatment for type I von Willebrand disease?

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DDAVP (vasopressin)

– Releases vWF from endothelial cells

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what is the treatment for type II and III von Willebrand’s disease?

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  • Plasma derived FVIII/vWF concentrates

- Recombinant vWF in phase II clinical trials

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what are other clotting factor deficiencies?

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  • fibrinogen, FV, FVII

- Prothrombin, FXIII

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what causes acquired bleeding disorders?

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  • production problems

- consumption problems

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what are examples of production problems that lead to acquired bleeding disorders?

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  • Vitamin K deficiency

- Liver disease

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what are examples of consumption problems that lead to acquired bleeding disorders?

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  • disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
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which factors are impacted by vitamin K deficiency?
decreased synthesis of factors II VII IX X
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what are the diagnostic test results of vitamin K deficient acquired bleeding disorder?
Abnormal PT and APTT
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how does liver disease lead to an acquired bleeding disorder?
impaired absorption of vitamin K
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as well as APPT and PT being abnormal what else is affected due to liver disease?
intrinsic and extrinsic pathway
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what is DIC secondary to?
Sepsis Malignancy Acute myeloid leukaemia Snake venom
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what does DIC lead to?
- Deposition of fibrin in the microcirculation - - amputation - Haemorrhage due to consumption of coagulation factors and platelets
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what causes DIC?
Increase of TF expression
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what are acquired inhibitors of coagulation?
Inhibitors of factor VIII
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what are the hereditary disorders of platelet function?
- Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia - Bernard Soulier syndrome - von Willebrand disease
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what occurs during Glanzmanns disease?
failure of primary platelet aggregation
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what causes Glanzmanns disease?
Deficiency in membrane protein GPIIbIIIa
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what is seen in Glanzmann's disease?
Clinically severe platelet function defect
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what does Clinically severe platelet function defect lead to?
``` Epistaxis Purpura Bruising Gum bleeding Menorrhagia Bleeding after surgery ```
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what causes Bernard Soulier syndrome?
Absent or decreased expression of GPIb-V-IX complex on platelet surface
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what occurs in Bernard Soulier syndrome?
- Defective binding to vWF - Defective adherence to exposed subendothelial connective tissue - Variable degree of thrombocytopenia
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what is seen in Bernard Soulier syndrome?
large/giant platelets
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what are the acquired disorders of platelets that are due to production?
Leukaemia Post viral Immunosuppression
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what can shorten the lifespan of platelets and lead to acquired disorders?
malaria | bleeding
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what impacts the function of platelets and lead to acquired disorders?
drugs
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what are the drugs that affect platelet function?
``` Aspirin/NSAIDs Caffeine Antimicrobials Cardiovascular agents Anticoagulants Chemotherapy drugs ```
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what is thrombosis?
Formation of a solid mass, a thrombus, in the lumen of a blood vessel during life.
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what is a thrombus formed from?
Formed from blood constituents - Platelets - Fibrin
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what are the 2 types of thrombosis?
Venous thrombosis-occurs in veins | Arterial thrombosis-occurs in arteries
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what are thrombi associated with?
- Myocardial infarction - Cerebral vascular disease - Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) - Pulmonary embolism (PE)
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what is the pathogenesis of arterial thrombosis?
- Atherosclerosis of vessel wall - Injury to vessel wall - Expose blood to subendothelial collagen and tissue factor - Formation of platelet nidus - Platelets adhere and aggregate - Block artery
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what are the risk factors of arterial thrombosis?
- Family history - Male - Raised lipids - Raised blood pressure - Diabetes - Smoking
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what is the pathogenesis of venous thrombosis?
- Coagulability of blood - Slowing down of blood flow - Coagulation of blood at site of initiation of thrombus
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what are the risk factors for venous thrombosis?
- Factor V leiden gene mutation - Prothrombin gene mutation - Protein S and C deficiency - ABO blood group - Raised levels of factor VIII, fibrinogen and homocysteine - Lupus anticoagulant - Oral contraception - Pregnancy - Trauma - Malignancy - Obesity - Age - Varicose veins - Immobility
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when is hereditary thrombophilia suspected?
- Young people with spontaneous thrombosis - Recurrent DVT - Unusual site of thrombosis
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what is the most common inherited cause of venous thrombosis?
Factor V leiden mutation
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what happens in Factor V leiden mutation?
Arginine replaced with glutamine position 560 on factor V gene
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what does antithrombin deficiency lead to?
Recurrent venous thrombosis in early adult life
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how is protein C activated?
by thrombin
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what is the function of protein C?
Cleaves activated factor V and VIII | -- Inactivates them
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what is protein S?
Cofactor for protein C
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what does prothrombin gene mutation lead to?
Causes increased levels of prothrombin in circulation
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what happens in the prothrombin gene mutation?
guanine to adenine at position 20210
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which blood groups have a higher risk of thrombosis?
Group A, AB and B
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what is the treatment of thrombosis?
- Heparin - Oral anticoagulants - - Warfarin
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what are some new drug types used to treat thrombosis?
- FXa inhibitors - Direct thrombin inhibitors - Antiplatelet drugs
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what are example of FXa inhibitor drugs?
Fondaparinux | Rivaroxaban
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what are examples of direct thrombin inhibitor drugs?
bivalirudin | dabigatran
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what are examples of antiplatelet drugs?
Clopidogrel | Aspirin

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