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Hemostasis Flashcards

1
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These symptoms can indicate what ? Pale MM, lethargy, Icterus

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Anemia

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2
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These symptoms can indicate what ?
Petechia, epistaxis

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Thrombocytopenia

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3
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Buccal Mucosal Bleeding Time Tests detect what

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Platelet function

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4
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TRUE OR FALSE
BMBT shouldn’t be used for breed specific dogs before certain procedures like surgeries

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FALSE
this testing method is great to use before surgeries on specific breeds that have Van Willebrand Disease

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5
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ACT testing detects what ?

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All clinically significant clotting factors except for VII

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6
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APTT tests detect what ?

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Intrinsic and common pathways

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7
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PT( prothrombin Time) testing detects what ?

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Extrinsic and common pathways

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8
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PIVKA testing detects what ?

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Vitamin K deficiencies

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9
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What anticoagulant is used for morphology studies

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EDTA

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10
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What anticoagulant is used for coagulation studies

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Sodium citrate

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11
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Deficient amount of platelets or coagulation factors will result in

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Decreased healing of vessels and increased bleeding

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12
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What is fibrinogen

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A soluble protein present in blood plasma that produces fibrin

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13
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What is fibrin

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An insoluble protein that combines with platelets to form a clot

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14
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Where are most coagulation factors produced

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The liver

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15
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What is thrombin

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An enzyme in blood plasma which causes the clotting of blood by converting fibrinogen to fibrin

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16
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Adheres platelets to each other (sticky)

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Von Willebrand factors

17
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What are the three phases of coagulation

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Mechanical, chemical, final

18
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The most common coagulation disorder seen in small animal veterinary practice

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Thrombocytopenia

19
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Ability of the bodies systems to maintain the integrity of the blood and blood vessels

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Hemostasis

20
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What is The most common inherited coagulopathy in dogs

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Hemophilia A

21
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DIC=

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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

22
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What is the chemical phase of blood coagulation called

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Coagulation cascade

23
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The percentage of total blood volume that is made up of platelets

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Plateletcrit

24
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Bigger platelets may indicate increased means which can indicate

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Blood loss

25
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What does Epistaxis mean

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Acute hemorrhage from the nostril

26
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What does Ecchymosis mean

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Large areas of bruising

27
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What does petechiae mean

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Many Small areas of bruising

28
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What does Melena mean

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Black tarry stool from the upper GI

29
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What does Hematochezia mean

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Frank blood

30
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What does hematuria mean

A

Blood in urine

31
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What might you as a tech notice in a patient that could be hemorrhaging internally

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Increased CRT, pale MM, super lethargic as well as decreased appetite due to weakness, and poor mentation.

32
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Hereditary hemostatic disorders can been first seen in what age of animals

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6 months of age

33
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What is DIC

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The body clotting and unclotting randomly in all the wrong places in the body

34
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Vitamin K deficiency can be because of what in an animal

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Rat poisoning

35
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What does rat poisoning due to the body

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Bind all the vitamin K together and it can destroy the livers ability to make Vitamin K

36
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If fibrinogen needs to be tested what part of the blood do you need ? Serum, plasma, or whole blood?

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Plasma

37
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What phase of the coagulation pathway ?
Fibrin is Broken down

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Final

38
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What phase of the coagulation pathway ?
The coagulation cascade occurs

A

Chemical

39
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What phase of the coagulation pathway ?
Platelets stick together and release initiating factor

A

Mechanical

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