GENPATH Haemodynamic Disorder Flashcards
Effects of blood loss
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Chronic - […]
Effects of blood loss
Acute - shock
Chronic -* iron deficiency anemia*
3 important factors that prevent thrombosis
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3 important factors that prevent thrombosis
**1. smooth endothelial wall
2. PGI2 (prostacyclin)
3. Laminar blood flow
Air embolism pathology?
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Treatment?
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Air embolism pathology?
**Divers who surface too rapidly. bubbles form. go to any organ.
Lungs –> choking
muscles –> bends/pains
Brain –> seizures/staggers/drowsiness
Treatment?
putting patient’s in high pressure chamber to decompress and dissolve bubble
Amniotic fluid embolism pathology?
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Diagnosed by?
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Amniotic fluid embolism pathology?
- amniotic fluid get into amniotic vein
- get to hearts/lungs/brains of mother
- high mortality
- can cause DIVC from the prostaglandins in amniotic fluid
- rare obstetric complication
Diagnosed by?
- **presence of fetal squamous cells (foetal squames) in mother’s blood **
Briefly describe the spectrum of pulmonary or pulmonary vascular conditions that can develop as a result of the deep vein thrombus embolising to the pulmonary vasculature [6m] (vvvv IMPT!!!!!)
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Briefly describe the spectrum of pulmonary or pulmonary vascular conditions that can develop as a result of the deep vein thrombus embolising to the pulmonary vasculature [6m] (vvvv IMPT!!!!!)
***Pulmonary thromboembolism: “saddle” embolism of bifurcation of pulmonary trunk, leading to occlusion of right ventricle outflow and lack of blood flow to left heart. Subsequent fall in CO results in a lack of blood in systemic circulation. Systemic hypoxia, hypotension and cardiac arrest ensures, leading to sudden death
*Pulmonary infarction: embolism into branch of artery, causing infarction (despite dual blood supply). This is also called “red” infartion, and can lead to haemorrhagic necrosis.
Pulmonary hypertension: showers of small thromboemboli occluding small branches of pulmonary arteries. Increases pulmonary vascular resistance and causes pulmonary hypertension. Overtime, the increased afterload and back pressure effects in the right heart leads to RV hypertrophy and RH failure
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Clinical consequences of
venous thrombosis
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arterial thrombosis
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Clinical consequences of
venous thrombosis
**- edema (from local vascular occlusion)
- embolism
arterial thrombosis
**- cerebral necrosis (cerebral artery)
- myocardial necrosis (coronary artery)
- renal necrosis (renal artery)
Clinicopathological consequences of shocks in vital organs
- Damage to organs can worsen shock and consequently culminate in a vicious cycle leading to […].
Clinicopathological consequences of shocks in vital organs
- Damage to organs can worsen shock and consequently culminate in a vicious cycle leading to* multiple organ failure*.
Define embolus
An embolus is […]
Define embolus
An embolus is a detached intravascular solid, liquid or gaseous mass that is carried by the blood to a site distant from its point of origin
Define Hyperaemia
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Define Hyperaemia
vessels of the microcirculation contain more blood than normal
Define Oedema
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Define Oedema
An excessive extravascular accumulation of fluid
Define shock
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Define shock
A state of inadequate perfusion of cells and tissues leading to reversible hypoxic injury and, if severe or prolonged enough, to irreversible cell and organ injury and death
Definition of infarction
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Definition of infarction
Necrosis due to ischaemia
usually occlusion of artery. Sometimes occlusion of venous drainage
Describe the mechanisms in which nephrotic syndrome can cause generalised oedema. [8]
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Describe the mechanisms in which nephrotic syndrome can cause generalised oedema. [8]
***Nephrotic syndrome → loss of albumin in urine → hypoalbuminemia → drop of plasma oncotic pressure → loss of fluid from vascular space to interstitial space → oedema (3m)
Decreased venous return to heart → reduced CO → reduced renal blood flow → activation of RAAS → sodium and water retention by kidney (4m)
***Secretion of ADH – water retention by kidney (1m)
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Alright so the key idea is the compromised glomerular filtration in nephrotic syndrome leading to loss of albumin in urine. Then can start your performance from there alr.
Dont forget RAAS, dont forget ADH.*
Embolus a […]
- Embolism is the process!
- Causes vascular […] –> […], […] of target organs
- Can be septic if emboli carries pathogens (e.g infective endocarditis)
Pulmonary Embolism
- Venous emboli from lower limb secondary to DVT –> veins –> R heart –> pulmonary arteries
- Sudden occlusions can be fatal, usually clinically silent. Can cause pulmonary infarction and hypertension as well.
- Embolism at bifurcation of pulmonary arteries = […] Embolism
- Embolism that crosses ASD/VSD –> lodged in systemic circulation = […] Embolism
Systemic Embolism
- Most arise from […] mural thrombi or vegetations (on heart valves)
- White infarct occurs in most solid organs
- Red infarct occurs in spongy organs and organs of dual blood supply due to necrosis of surrounding vasculature (local haemorrhage)
Embolus a **detached intravascular solid, liquid (fat, amniotic fluid) or gaseous (air, nitrogen) mass that is carried by the blood to a site DISTANT from point of origin **
- Embolism is the process!
- Causes vascular occlusion –> ischema, necrosis of target organs
- Can be septic if emboli carries pathogens (e.g infective endocarditis)
Pulmonary Embolism
- Venous emboli from lower limb secondary to DVT –> veins –> R heart –> pulmonary arteries
- Sudden occlusions can be fatal, usually clinically silent. Can cause pulmonary infarction and hypertension as well.
- Embolism at bifurcation of pulmonary arteries = Saddle Embolism
- Embolism that crosses ASD/VSD –> lodged in systemic circulation = Paradoxical Embolism
Systemic Embolism
- Most arise from intracardiac mural thrombi or vegetations (on heart valves)
- White infarct occurs in most solid organs
- Red infarct occurs in spongy organs and organs of dual blood supply due to necrosis of surrounding vasculature (local haemorrhage)
Special types of Embolism:
Fat embolism
- Traumatic fracture releasing fat in bone marrow –> vascular occlusion, can lead to endothelial injury
Gas embolism
- Gas bubbles in circulation coalesce and obstruct blood flow
- Eg. when disconnecting heart lung machine during cardiac bypass surgery, injections, decompression sickness (nitrogen expands in the tissue and bubbles out)
Amniotic fluid embolism
- Amniotic fluid enters maternal circulation via tears in placenta
- Causes acute R heart failure, **Disseminated intravascular coagulation **(DIC)
- Most common cause of maternal death in developed world
Endothelial injury predisposes to thrombosis by
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Endothelial injury predisposes to thrombosis by
**- loss of non-reactive surface
- exposure to subendothelial collagen
- local depletion of PGI2 and plasminogen activator
- release of tissue thromboplastin (tissue factor)