Exam 4 Flashcards
What is localized bleeding? What is an example of it?
Bleeding from a single location such as an ineffectively sutured surgical site or AVM
What is generalized bleeding? Example?
Bleeding from multiple sites, spontaneous/recurring bleeding such as disorders of primary or secondary hemostasis
What is mucocutaneous bleeding? Example?
Bleeding in skin or at body orifices such as petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses associated with defects of primary hemostasis
What is anatomic bleeding? Example?
Bleeding in soft tissue, muscles, joints, deep tissues seen in secondary hemostasis - INTERNAL bleeding
What are the most common congenital coagulation deficiencies in order?
- VWD
- Factor VIII (Hemophilia A)
- Factor IX (Hemophilia B)
Acquired vs congenital bleeding disorders (how to differentiate)
Acquired: episodes begin after childhood
Congenital: relatives with similar symptoms, onset in infancy
What factors are decreased in liver disease?
Factor VII first, then Factor V
If you have a decrease in factor VII, but not factor V, is this liver disease?
NO
What factor decrease is a specific marker of liver disease?
Factor V
What increases with liver disease?
Fibrinogen, VWF, Factor VIII, Factor XIII
Chronic DIC - caused by decreased liver production of what?
Antithrombin, protein C, protein S
What test can be used to differentiate between liver disease and vitamin K deficiency? What are the results for each?
Factor V and Factor VII assays - both will be decreased in liver disease and only factor VII will be decreased in vitamin K deficiency
What test confirms dysfibrinogenemia?
Reptilase time test
How can renal disease lead to bleeding tendancies?
Renal failure is associated with PLT dysfunction and mucocutaneous bleeding leading to anemia and thrombocytopenia
How does a vitamin K deficiency or Coumadin treatment lead to bleeding?
Vitamin K deficiency will lead to decreased vitamin K dependent factors leading to increased bleeding, and coumadin treatment is an anticoagulant so too much can lead to bleeding
What is the treatment to overdose of coumadin?
administration of vitamin K
Briefly describe acquired hemophilia
Caused by autoanti-factor VIII often seen in elderly and associated with RA, IBD, and SLE
What is the most common factor inhibitor?
Factor VIII
What is the most prevalent congenital mucocutaneous bleeding disorder?
VWD
What is the cause of VWD?
Quantitative (type 1) and qualitative (type 2) VWF abnormalities
What is the result of VWD?
Decreased PLT adhesion to vessel walls leading to impaired primary hemostasis
Describe Type 1 and Type 2 VWD and which is more common?
Type 1 is a quantitative deficiency and is more common
Type 2 is a qualitative deficiency due to VWF function reduced
What is included in the VWD test panel?
VWF:Ag
VWF activity by ristocetin cofactor assay
Coagulation factor VIII assay
Hemophilia A
Factor VIII deficiency
Hemophilia A occurs mostly in _____ because the gene is present on the _________.
Males; X chromosome
Factor VIII deficiency significantly slows coag pathway’s production of ______.
Thrombin