Hematology Flashcards
What are the 3 layers of the blood vessel?
Inner
media
adventitia
What does the inner layer (intima) do?
Separates flowing blood from the vessel
Made primarily of endothelial cells which play an important role in homeostasis by synthesizing and secreting procoagulants, anticoagulants, and fibrinolytics
What substances does the intima synthesize and secrete?
Von Willebrand Factor (vWF)
Tissue Factor
Thromboxane A2
Adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
Nitric oxide (NO)
Prostacyclin
What is the media layer?
Sub endothelial layer
What does the media contain?
Collagen
Fibronectin
What does the adventitia do?
controls blood flow by influencing the vessel’s degree of contraction
(NO and prostacyclin work here)
What is Von Willebrand factor (vWF) do?
Platelet adhesion
a necessary cofactor for adherence of platelets to the subendothelial layer
What does Tissue Factor (TF) do?
A cofactor from the coagulation cascade
Activates the clotting cascade pathway when injury to a vessel occurs
What does Thromboxane and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) do?
vascular smooth muscle constriction
controls blood flow by influencing vasoconstriction
What does nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin do?
Vascular smooth muscle relaxation
control blood flow by vasodilation of blood vessels
What does collagen do?
a potent stimulus for platelet attachment to an injured vessel wall
Tensile strength
What does fibronectin do?
facilitates the anchoring of fibrin during the formation of a hemostatic plug
cell adhesion
What are the procoagulants?
Coagulation factors
Collagen
vWF
Fibronectin
What are the anticoagulants?
Protein C
Protein S
Antithrombin
Tissue pathway factor inhibitor
Thrombomodulin
What are the fibrinolytics?
Plasminogen
tPA
Urokinase
What are the antifibrinolytics?
Alpha-antiplasmin
Plasminogen activator inhibitor
What are the vasoactive mediators
vasoconstrictors: Thromboxane A2, ADP, serotonin
vasodilators: nitric oxide, prostacyclins
What does antithrombin III
anticoagulant: degrades factors XII, XI, IX, and II
What are the 4 steps of hemostasis?
1.) vascular spasm
2.) formation of platelet plug (primary homeostasis)
3.) coagulation and fibrin formation (secondary homeostasis)
4.) fibrinolysis when clot is no longer needed
What are the 3 steps in the formation of the primary plug?
Adhesion
Activation
Aggregation
What happens during adhesion?
- vWF mobilizes from within the endothelial cells and emerges from the endothelial lining
-glycoprotein 1b (Gp1b) receptors emerge from the surface of the platelet
-Gp1b attaches to vWF and attracts platelets to the endothelial lining
-vWF makes platelets “sticky” and allows them to adhere to the site of injury
What happens during activation?
- Under the influence of tissue factor (TF), the platelet undergoes a conformational change as it becomes activated
-The once disk-like structure swells and becomes oval and irregular
-Glycoproteins IIb and IIIa project outward from the platelet surface
-the Gp11b and 111a complex links activated platelets together to form a primary platelet plug
What happens during aggregation?
-As platelets undergo activation, they release alpha and dense granules, contractile granules, thrombin and many mediators into the blood to promote procoagulant activity
-these mediators are responsible for platelet aggregation to form a primary unstable clot
-with a minor injury this clot is enough to maintain homeostasis
-with a major injury, activation of the coagulation clotting cascade is required for permanent repair
What does thrombin do?
Assists in activating factors 1, 5, 8 and 13
influences platelet recruitment to the site of injury
what are thrombin’s anticoagulant actions?
-Prevents runaway clot formation by releasing tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) from endothelial cells
-Stimulates protein C and protein S to inhibit clot formation
-forms a relationship w antithrombin III to interfere w coagulation
Factor 10 requires what to convert factor II (prothrombin) to its active state thrombin (IIa)
Factor 5 (proaccelerin) and calcium
What does thrombin do?
Assists in activating factors
1
5
8
13
influences platelet recruitment to the site of injury
enough thrombin must be present to activate adequate fibrin to form a stable clot
What is the common pathway?
the terminal pathway of the coagulation cascade
What factor is required for the platelet plug to hold?
Factor XIII (fibrin-stabilizing factor)
if forms a cross-linked mesh within the platelet plug, increasing its strength
What factors secure a stable secondary plug?
Fibrin (factor 1a) and factor XIII secure a stable secondary plug and bleeding stops
What is the fibrinolytic system?
It degrades fibrin once the hemostatic plug is no longer needed.
How does thrombin work within the fibrinolytic system?
Thrombin which originally acted as a procoagulant, now acts as an anticoagulant and activates additional anticoagulant mediators
What factors do protein C and S inhibit in the fibrinolytic system?
III, V, VIII
3, 5, 8
What does antithrombin III do?
inhibits thrombin activity by sequestering factors
IX- 9
X- 10
XI-11
XII1- 12
what are some prescription or OTC meds that affect coagulation?
Anticoagulants (heparin)
Procoagulants (vit K)
antiplatelets (NSAIDs)
Antifibrinolytics (amicar, TXA)
dietary supplements (vit K, E, zinc omega-3 fatty acids)
Herbal supplents (garlic, ginko, ginger, fish oil, feverfew, flaxseed oil, black cohost, cranberry)
How is a plateletpheresis pack dosed?
1 pack per 10kg of body wt
How much should a plateletpheresis pack increase the platelet count?
5,000 -10,000mm
What carries the greatest risk of bacterial transmission?
Platelets d/t storage at room temp for 4-5 days