HEMA Flashcards
Normal PT and APTT results in a patient with a poor wound healing may be associated with:
Factor XIII deficiency
Factor XIII deficiency can lead to impaired wound healing and may cause severe bleeding problems. Factor XIII is a fibrin stabilizing factor that changes the fibrinogen bonds in fibrin polymers to stable covalent bonds. Factor XIII is not involved in the process of fibrin formation and, therefore, the PT and APTT are both normal.
Which results are associated with hemophilia A?
Prolonged APTT, normal PT
Hemophilia A is associated with factor VIII deficiency. Factor VIII is a factor in the intrinsic coagulation pathway that is evaluated by the APTT and not the PT test. The PT test evaluates the extrinsic and common pathways.
Primary substrate of thrombin:
Fibrinogen
In which of the following lists the steps of hemostatic response in the correct order?
Injury → primary hemostasis → secondary hemostasis → fibrinolysis
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a disorder of:
Connective tissue
Which defect characterizes Gray’s syndrome?
Alpha granule defect
Gray’s syndrome is a platelet granule defect associated with a decrease in alpha granules resulting in decreased production of alpha granule proteins such as platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin. Alpha granule deficiency results in the appearance of agranular platelets when viewed on a Wright’s stained blood smear.
Normal platelet adhesion depends upon:
Glycoprotein Ib
In the Ivy method of bleeding time, the blood pressure cuff is inflated to:
40 mm. Hg
If an average of 10 platelets are seen per oil immersion field, what is the estimated platelet count?
200 x 10 9th/L
For platelet estimate on a wedge smear:
Factor is 20,000
To evaluate normal platelet numbers in an appropriate area of a blood smear, approximately how many platelets, should be observed per oil immersion field?
8 to 20
Primary PLATELET AGGREGATION disorders:
Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia and essential athrombia
Glanzmann thrombasthenia and essential athrombia are similar, rare, primary aggregation disorders.
In thrombocythemia, the platelets are:
Increased
Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP):
Due to platelet antibodies
The normal range of platelets in the systemic circulation is:
150 – 400 x 10 9th/L
The normal range of platelets in the systemic circulation is:
150 – 400 x 10 9th/L
Approximately ___ of the total number of platelets circulate in the systemic circulation?
Two-thirds
Which order of events should be followed at the conclusion of a laboratory worker’s shift in order to prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens?
Disinfect area, remove gloves, remove lab coat, wash hands
Which of the following is a proper way to clean up a small blood spill that has dried on a countertop?
Moisten it with a disinfectant and carefully absorb it with a paper towel
If a patient adamantly refuses to have blood drawn, you should:
Notify the patient’s nurse or physician
A blood sample is needed from a patient with IV fluids running in both arms. Which of the following is an acceptable procedure?
Obtain sample from below the IV site with special restrictions.
Most common complication encountered in obtaining a blood specimen:
Ecchymosis (bruise)
Which results would be expected for the PT and APTT in a patient with polycythemia?
Both prolonged
EDTA-induced pseudothrombocytopenia can be identified on blood smear by:
Finding platelets adhering to WBCs
Platelet satellitosis (platelet encircling the peripheral borders of neutrophils) is seen in a rare patient whose blood is anticoagulated with EDTA. This phenomenon is thought to be due to a serum factor which reacts in the presence of EDTA.