Hemodynamics III & IV Flashcards
What are the factors that coumadin affects?
8, 9, 10, 2 (1972), protein C and protein S
What is INR?
PT pt / PT nl
What pathway does PT measure?
Extrinsic pathway
What pathway for PTT measure?
Intrinsic pathway
What is the normal range of INR?
0.8-1.2
What drugs prolongs the intrinsic pathway (and thus PTT)?
heparin, hemophilia, and antiphospholipid antibody
How do you distinguish if someone have a factor deficiency vs an inhibitor?
Mix patient’s sample with normal plasma. If clots, then patient has it. If no clot, then there is an inhibitor
What are the two factors not measured by PT or PTT?
7 and 13
Low dose heparin has what effect on PT/PTT?
PT = nl PTT = prolonged
High dose heparin has what effect on PT/PTT?
PT = Prolonged PTT = Prolonged
Low dose warfarin has what effect on PT/PTT?
PT = Prolonged PTT = Normal
HIgh dose warfarin has what effect on PT/PTT?
PT = Prolonged PTT = Prolonged
What happens to the sensitivity of pts to warfarin with age?
Increase sensitivity
What are the contraindications to Warfarin?
Pregnancy
If hemorrhage is a risk
EtOH abuse
Dementia
What are the signs of warfarin overdose?
Hematochezia
Bruising
Epistaxis
Persistent bleeding
What is Warfarin necrosis?
Warfarin causes low levels of protein C, causing excessive clotting (hypercoagulable state)
What strategy do we take to prevent Warfarin necrosis?
Give heparin first with Warfarin’s first dose
What is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia?
Antibodies form against platelet factor 4 (which normally blocks heparin)
This induces a prothrombotic state
What is HIITS?
Heparin-induces thrombocytopenia with thrombosis syndrome
What is Bernard-Soulier disease?
AR disease where there is a defect of platelet adhesion d/t defect in Glycoprotein Ib
What is Glanzmann Thrombasthenia?
Defect of platelet aggregation d/t a defect in glycoprotein IIb/IIIa.(Recall this links platelets together)
What is thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)?
Antibodies directed against von Willebrand factor cleaving protease, ADAMTS-13,(this normally breaks up von Willebrand factor)
Are PT/PTT affected in Bernard-Soulier or Glanzmann disease?
No
What is idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? What is the treatment for recurrent?
Antibodies directly against platelets, leading to spleen destruction, resulting in thrombocytopenia
Treatment = splenectomy
What is aplastic anemia?
Pancytopenia, marrow’s is fibrosed, no more blood cells
What is von Willebrand’s disease?
Deficiency of von Willebrands antigen, causing coagulopathies
What are the clinical symptoms of von Willebrand disease?
Easily bruised
Epistaxis
Gingival bleeding
Menorrhagia
What is hemophilia A the result of? How is this passed on?
Factor 8 deficiency
XR
What is hemophilia B the result of?
Factor 9 deficiency
XR
What is hemophilia C the result of? How is this passed on?
Factor 11 deficiency
AR
How do you treat hemophiliacs?
Recombinant factor, or plasma
What are the major complications with hemophilia?
Deep, internal bleeding
Joint damage
What are the problems with transfusions for hemophiliacs?
Risk for infx
Adverse immune rxn
Deficiencies with which factors are particularly problematic?
5, 7, 8, 9, 11
How do we monitor factor deficiencies?
PTT/PT
What are the factor deficiencies that are usually not clinically significant?
Factor 12
How do platelet deficiencies appear clinically?
Purpura, petechiae, or ecchymosis
What is DIC? What does this lead to?
Systemic problem of coagulation where tiny fibrin thrombi form throughout the body.
Leads to thrombocytopenia
What is meant by the term consumptive coagulopathy?
All of the platelets are used up
What causes DIC? What two things does this cause?
Activation of thrombin systemically, causing fibrin formation and consumption of platelets
Why does DIC result in organ failure?
Clots form in organs, leading to cut off blood supply
Why does DIC result in bleeding?
All the platelets are used up
What are schistocytes? What causes these?
Sheared RBCs, caused by strands of fibrin in capillaries cutting them.
(this is seen in DIC)
What does a D-dimer measure?
Measures plasma cleaved insoluble cross-linked fibrin
What is the treatment for DIC?
Treat underlying cause
Use blood products
What are the components of Virchow’s triad?
Hypercoagulable state
Endothelial injury
Circulatory stasis