Haemostasis and the Coagulation Cascade Flashcards
What is haemostasis?
What are the layers of blood vessels?
What is the role of the endothelium?
What is the role of platelets?
What are the 4 steps of haemostasis?
What happens during vasoconstriction?
What happens during primary haemostasis?
What happens during secondary haemostasis?
What is the coagulation cascade?
What are the requirements of the coagulation cascade?
What are the 3 coagulation pathways?
What happens during the extrinsic pathway?
What happens during the intrinsic pathway?
What happens during the common pathway?
What factors limit coagulation?
Describe the pharmacology of heparin
What is warfarin?
What are direct oral anticoagulants?
What happens during clot stabilisation and reabsorption?
What is the fibrinolytic system?
What is thrombosis?
What is haemorrhage?
What is petechiae?
What is purpura?
What are ecchymoses?
What is the mechanism of haemorrhage?
What is the defective haemostasis-haemorrhagic diathesis?
What factors affect the clinical significance of haemorrhage?
