Hemostasis Flashcards
MODERN CONCEPT OF BLOOD COAGULATION
Cascade or “Waterfall” Hypothesis
MODERN CONCEPT OF BLOOD COAGULATION STAGES
STAGE 1 : Generation of thromboplastin activity (“intrinsic” and “extrinsic”)
STAGE 2 : Conversion of prothrombin to thrombin by “thromboplastin” in the presence of calcium
CONTACT GROUP
Includes:
Prekallikrein
Kallikrein
Factor XII
Factor XI
PROTHROMBIN (VITAMIN K DEPENDENT) GROUP
Includes:
Factor II, VII, IX, and X
Synthesized in the liver with Vitamin K as Co-Factor
PROTHROMBIN
is needed to carboxylate glutamate of the vitamin K dependent factors
Vitamin K
FIBRINOGEN GROUP
Includes :
Factor I, V, VIII, and XIII
Highest molecular weights of all factors
Most labile
Consumed in coagulation
FIBRINOGEN GROUP
Act as substrates for plasmin
FIBRINOGEN GROUP
FIBRINOGEN GROUP
All are found in the alpha granules of platelets EXCEPT __ and ___
Factor XIII (platelet cytoplasm) Factor VIII:C
A globulin (MW 341,000)
FACTOR I - Fibrinogen
FACTOR I - Fibrinogen NV
NV: 200-500mg/dL
FACTOR I - Fibrinogen Strengthened by Factor
Strengthened by Factor XIII
Stable protein of alpha globulin type (MW 63,000)
FACTOR II - Prothrombin
Related to Factor VII
FACTOR II - Prothrombin
A powerful proteolytic enzyme
Potent platelet aggregating substance
MW = 40,000
THROMBIN
The _ is the amount that will coagulate 1mL of standard fibrinogen solution in 15 seconds at 28C
THROMBIN UNIT
Protein intermediate between beta and gamma globulin
FACTOR V - Proaccelerin
Labile, deteriorating rapidly in oxalated plasma and even in frozen (-20C) specimens
FACTOR V - Proaccelerin
Not destroyed or consumed in the clotting process
Appears to be a beta globulin
FACTOR VII - Proconvertin
In-vivo survival after transfusion = 50% is lost within 8-12H More stable in FFP stored in -30 to -70C
FACTOR VIII – Antihemophilic Factor
The entire molecule as it circulates in the plasma
Composed of VIII:C and VIII:vWF portions which is not covalently bound
VIII/vWF
Portion capable of binding to endothelium and supporting normal platelet adhesion and function. Tested by the bleeding time
VIII:vWF
Portion acting in intrinsic system as cofactor to factor Ixa.
Tested by PTT
VIII:C
Antigenic property of procoagulant portion as measured by monoclonal immunologiocal techniques
VIIIC:Ag