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Hemodynamics III & IV Flashcards

1
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What are the factors that coumadin affects?

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8, 9, 10, 2 (1972), protein C and protein S

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What is INR?

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PT pt / PT nl

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What pathway does PT measure?

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Extrinsic pathway

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What pathway for PTT measure?

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Intrinsic pathway

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What is the normal range of INR?

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0.8-1.2

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What drugs prolongs the intrinsic pathway (and thus PTT)?

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heparin, hemophilia, and antiphospholipid antibody

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How do you distinguish if someone have a factor deficiency vs an inhibitor?

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Mix patient’s sample with normal plasma. If clots, then patient has it. If no clot, then there is an inhibitor

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What are the two factors not measured by PT or PTT?

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7 and 13

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9
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Low dose heparin has what effect on PT/PTT?

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PT = nl
PTT = prolonged
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High dose heparin has what effect on PT/PTT?

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PT = Prolonged
PTT = Prolonged
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Low dose warfarin has what effect on PT/PTT?

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PT = Prolonged
PTT = Normal
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HIgh dose warfarin has what effect on PT/PTT?

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PT = Prolonged
PTT = Prolonged
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13
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What happens to the sensitivity of pts to warfarin with age?

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Increase sensitivity

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14
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What are the contraindications to Warfarin?

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Pregnancy
If hemorrhage is a risk
EtOH abuse
Dementia

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What are the signs of warfarin overdose?

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Hematochezia
Bruising
Epistaxis
Persistent bleeding

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16
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What is Warfarin necrosis?

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Warfarin causes low levels of protein C, causing excessive clotting (hypercoagulable state)

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17
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What strategy do we take to prevent Warfarin necrosis?

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Give heparin first with Warfarin’s first dose

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18
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What is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia?

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Antibodies form against platelet factor 4 (which normally blocks heparin)

This induces a prothrombotic state

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19
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What is HIITS?

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Heparin-induces thrombocytopenia with thrombosis syndrome

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20
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What is Bernard-Soulier disease?

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AR disease where there is a defect of platelet adhesion d/t defect in Glycoprotein Ib

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What is Glanzmann Thrombasthenia?

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Defect of platelet aggregation d/t a defect in glycoprotein IIb/IIIa.(Recall this links platelets together)

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What is thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)?

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Antibodies directed against von Willebrand factor cleaving protease, ADAMTS-13,(this normally breaks up von Willebrand factor)

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Are PT/PTT affected in Bernard-Soulier or Glanzmann disease?

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No

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What is idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP)? What is the treatment for recurrent?

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Antibodies directly against platelets, leading to spleen destruction, resulting in thrombocytopenia

Treatment = splenectomy

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25
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What is aplastic anemia?

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Pancytopenia, marrow’s is fibrosed, no more blood cells

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What is von Willebrand’s disease?

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Deficiency of von Willebrands antigen, causing coagulopathies

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27
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What are the clinical symptoms of von Willebrand disease?

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Easily bruised
Epistaxis
Gingival bleeding
Menorrhagia

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What is hemophilia A the result of? How is this passed on?

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Factor 8 deficiency

XR

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29
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What is hemophilia B the result of?

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Factor 9 deficiency

XR

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What is hemophilia C the result of? How is this passed on?

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Factor 11 deficiency

AR

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31
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How do you treat hemophiliacs?

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Recombinant factor, or plasma

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32
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What are the major complications with hemophilia?

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Deep, internal bleeding

Joint damage

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33
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What are the problems with transfusions for hemophiliacs?

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Risk for infx

Adverse immune rxn

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34
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Deficiencies with which factors are particularly problematic?

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5, 7, 8, 9, 11

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35
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How do we monitor factor deficiencies?

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PTT/PT

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36
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What are the factor deficiencies that are usually not clinically significant?

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Factor 12

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37
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How do platelet deficiencies appear clinically?

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Purpura, petechiae, or ecchymosis

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38
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What is DIC? What does this lead to?

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Systemic problem of coagulation where tiny fibrin thrombi form throughout the body.

Leads to thrombocytopenia

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39
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What is meant by the term consumptive coagulopathy?

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All of the platelets are used up

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40
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What causes DIC? What two things does this cause?

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Activation of thrombin systemically, causing fibrin formation and consumption of platelets

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41
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Why does DIC result in organ failure?

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Clots form in organs, leading to cut off blood supply

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42
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Why does DIC result in bleeding?

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All the platelets are used up

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43
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What are schistocytes? What causes these?

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Sheared RBCs, caused by strands of fibrin in capillaries cutting them.

(this is seen in DIC)

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44
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What does a D-dimer measure?

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Measures plasma cleaved insoluble cross-linked fibrin

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45
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What is the treatment for DIC?

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Treat underlying cause

Use blood products

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46
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What are the components of Virchow’s triad?

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Hypercoagulable state
Endothelial injury
Circulatory stasis

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47
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What is the dominant influence on thrombosis?

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Endothelial injury

48
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What happens to fibrinogen to fibrin conversion during thrombus formation?

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Increased markedly

49
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What causes endothelial injury?

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LDL cholesterol buildup
Smoking
HTN
DM

50
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What is the most common hypercoagulable state?

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Factor 5 leiden

51
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What does prothrombin mutations lead to?

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Hypercoagulable state

52
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What are the rare deficiencies that result in a hypercoagulable state?

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Antithrombin III
Protein C
Protein S

53
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What are pts with Factor 5 leiden susceptible to?

54
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What is the problems with factor V leiden?

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Resistance of factor V to Protein C

55
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What is the amino acid change involved with factor V leiden?

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Q substitutes for R at 506 position

56
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What is the primary risk for thrombosis?

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Bedrest or long periods of immobility

57
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What are the two heart problems that pose a risk for thrombosis?

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A fib and MI

58
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What is antiphospholipid antibody syndrome?

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Serum antibody against anionic phospholipids, causing a hypercoagulable state

59
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What pts have antiphospholipid antibody syndrome?

60
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What is turbulence?

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Disruption of the normal, laminar flow of blood

61
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Why is blood turbulence problematic?

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Forms countercurrents of blood, causing local pockets of stasis, and prevents dilution of clotting factors

62
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What can cause turbulence?

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Ulcerated atherosclerotic plaques
MI
Afib

63
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What is hyperviscosity syndrome?

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Polycythemia

64
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What does turbulent flow cause to endothelial cells to secrete (3)?

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Secreted angiotensin II
Endothelin 1
PDGF

65
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What does turbulent flow cause to the amount of migration of immune cells?

66
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venous thrombi usually occur as a consequence of what?

67
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Arterial thrombi occur where?

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At sites of endothelial injury

68
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What are the two major problems with arterial thrombosis?

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Occlusion

Emboli

69
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Where do clots form that cause strokes?

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Carotid bifurcation

70
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What are arterial thrombi composed of?

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Platelets
Fibrin
RBCs
Leukocytes

71
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What is gruel?

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The foam cells in the endothelium

72
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Stenting is indicated for AAA when they are how big?

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5 cm or greater

73
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What are lines of Zahn?

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Lines in a thrombus, indicating alternating layering of platelets, fibrin, and erythrocytes

74
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What cells do venous thrombi contain more of?

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Erythrocytes

75
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Where do venous thrombi usually occur?

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Deep veins in the leg

76
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Where is the turbulence found in veins?

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Behind the valves

77
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What is a phlebothrombosis?

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Venous thrombosis

78
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What are the problems with superficial thrombi in the legs?

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Varicose veins–NOT PEs

79
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What percent of pts with DVTs have symptoms in their leg?

80
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What are the risk factors for venous thrombosis?

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CHF
Trauma
Surgery
Pregnancy

81
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What is trousseau syndrome?

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Thrombi form in larger veins in different parts of the body d/t S proteases released by tumors, that activates factor 10.

Also membrane vesicles released that are prothrombotic

82
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What are the five fates of a thrombus?

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Emboli
Resolution
Propagate
Recanalized
Incorporated into the wall
83
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What do emboli usually occur from?

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Dislodged thrombus

84
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What are the common causes of arterial emboli?

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A fib
Mitral stenosis
Endocarditis

85
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What is the most common type of thrombus?

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Intracardiac mural thrombi

86
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Where do arterial emboli usually go?

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Lower extremities (75%)
Brain (10%)
87
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What are paradoxical emboli?

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Rare condition in which an embolus originating from the venous circulation passes through an interatrial or interventricular defect to gain access to the systemic circulation

88
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What percent of PEs are caused by DVTs?

89
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What is a saddle embolus?

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Lodge across the pulmonary vessel bifurcation

90
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Where do medium emboli usually end up?

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Medium sized branches

91
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Where do small emboli end up?

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Peripheral vessels, usually silent

92
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What do recurrent emboli cause?

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Cor pulmonale

93
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Wedge like infarcts are caused by what sized emboli?

94
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What is a V/Q mismatch?

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Different between ventilation and circulation

95
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What are fat emboli? What do they usually come from?

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Fat, usually from fractures of large bones or burns

96
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What do fat emboli look like microscopically?

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Clear vacuoles w/in the vessels

97
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True or false: fat emboli usually have no effect

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True (90% no effect)

98
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What is the stain used to identify fat emboli?

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Oil red O stain

99
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What are the symptoms of a fat emboli? (3)

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Tachypnea/dyspnea
Diffuse petechial rash
CNS symptoms if fat there

100
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What are air embolisms caused by?

A

Obstetric procedures

Vascular procedures

101
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How much air is needed to cause air embolisms?

102
Q

What is decompression sickness?

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Sudden changes in atmospheric pressure causes N gas embolize

103
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What is the bends?

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Decompression sickness in skeletal muscles and around joints

104
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What are the chokes?

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Gas emboli in the lungs d/t decompression

105
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What is the treatment for decompression sickness?

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Slow decrompression

106
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What is an amniotic fluid embolism?

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If amniotic fluid gets into the maternal blood, causes severe clots

107
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What does amniotic fluid emboli consist of?

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Epithelial cells from fetus

Lanugo hair

108
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What are four causes the infarction, besides thrombus?

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Vasospasm (cocaine)
Hemorrhage
Compression of vessel
Twisting of vessel

109
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venous causes of infarct are more likely in organs with what?

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Single venous outflow

110
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Venous thrombosis usually induces only congestion, not infarction. Why?

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Usually have more than one venous outflow

111
Q

What is the most critical factor in determining if an infarct will develop?

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Anastomoses

112
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Why are the spleen and kidney particularly susceptible to infarction?

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End arterial system

113
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What is a red infarct? Shape?

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Infarct with a hemorrhage in them

Usually wedge shaped

114
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What causes a red infarct?

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venous occlusions
Loose tissues
Tissues with dual circulation

115
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What causes a white infarct?

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Type of arterial occlusions in solid organs with limitations of blood flow into areas of ischemic necrosis

116
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What is a septic infarct?

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Infarct where the origin of the embolus is an infected tissue

117
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What is the major source of septic infarcts?

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Vegetations from bacteria on heart valves

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