Hemostasis Flashcards
What is involved in primary hemostasis?
Platelets
Vessel
What is involved in secondary hemostasis or coagulation?
Coagulation factors
Vessel
What is involved in tertiary hemostasis or fibrinolysis?
Fibrinolytic molecules
Vessel
What are platelets?
Small fragments of megakaryocyte cytoplasm
Describe the composition of platelets
Phospholipid membrane with glycoproteins
Open canalicular system of membrane invaginations
Cytoskeleton is a peripheral microtubule ring and is made of actin and mysoin
Tubular system of ER
α-granules
Dense granules
Glycogen and mitochondria
What is the function of the platelet membrane?
Coagulation and cell to cell interaction
What is the function of the open canalicular system of membrane invaginations in platelets?
Substance trafficking between platelet and plasma
Increase platelet surface
What does the tubular system of ER in platelets do?
Stores Ca for platelet activation and thromboxane production
What do α-granules play a role in?
Hemostasis
Angiogenesis
What are the dense granules in platelets?
Ca Mg ADP ATP Serotonin
What do glycogen and mitochondria do for platelets?
Energy
What plays a role in megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis?
Thrombopoietin and other cytokines
Where do megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis occur?
Bone marrow
Spleen
Lung
What happens with megakaryopoiesis and thrombopoiesis?
Platelets are released directly into the blood
Where is thrombopoietin made?
Hepatocytes (dog)
Renal tubular epithelium
BM stromal cells
What is TPO expressed?
Constitutively
What is the plasma concentration of TPO dependent on?
MPL receptor numbers present in platelets and megakaryocytes
How does inflammation/IL-6 impact TPO?
IL-6 leads to TPO expression in the BM
What are reticulated platelets?
Young platelets
Increased RNA
Less than 24 hours in dogs
What does the concentration of platelets depend on?
Production Consumption Destruction Shift/sequestration Dilution
What are the methods of evaluating platelets?
Blood smear
Blood sample
Platelet count
Mean platelet volume
Describe a blood smear for platelet evaluation
Platelet estimation
Morphologic abnormalities
Describe a blood sample for platelet evaluation
EDTA (not heparin)
Citrate, theophylline, dipyridamole, and adenosine (CTAD tubes) may be useful for cats
8 hours at RT and 48 hours at 4 deg C
Check for platelet clumping
What can be used for platelet count for platelet evaluation?
Impedance counters
Optical or layer flow cytometers
QBC
Hemocytometer
Describe mean platelet volume for platelet evaluation
Varies between analyzer, anticoagulant, and storage time
Presence of cell fragments and large platelets
What is the concentration of platelets like when there is thrombocytopenia?
Concentration is lower than the LRL
What breeds a predisposed to thrombocytopenia?
Greyhounds
Shiba Inus
What does thrombocytopenia reflect?
A pathologic process, it is not a diagnosis
What is present if the thrombocytes are less than 30,000/μL?
Petechiae and ecchymosis Mucosal bleeding (epistaxis, hematochezia, melena), hematuria, and hyphema
What are causes of pseudo-thrombocytopenia?
Not all of the platelets were counted
In vitro platelet activation or aggregation
Presence of large platelets in impedance counters
Cold agglutinins, or anticoagulant-induce, antibody mediated agglutination
What is a thrombocytopenia shift/sequestration?
Reversibly distributed platelets in vascular systems (spleen)
What does thrombocytopenia shift/sequestration result in?
Mild or moderate thrombocytopenia
Splenomegaly
Severe hypothermia
Endotoxemia
What are causes of decreased production of platelets?
Generalized BM or MK-specific process Idiopathic thrombocytopenia of CKCS Drugs (predictable and dose-dependent; idiosyncratic) Infectious Marrow replacement (myelophthisis)
What infections caused decreased production of platelets?
Direct infection of MK (BVD and canine distemper)
Myelosuppressive cytokinesm (EIA)
Unclear (parvo, canine monocytic ehrlichiosis)
FeLV
What kinds of marrow replacement cause decreased production of platelets?
Bone marrow neoplasia
Myelonecrosis
What is the cause of platelet destruction?
Immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (IMT)
Drug induced IMT
IMT associated to infection
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
What is found with IMT?
Platelet surface-associated immunoglobulin
What happens to platelets with IMT?
Destruction by MPS
What does IMT result from?
Defective immune system
Defective platelets
Describe idiopathic or primary IMT
Not associated to a detected disease
It could be autoimmune
Common in dogs
Ab may target MKs
What is the criteria for diagnosis of drug induced IMT?
PSAIg present
Plasma Ab bind in vitro to platelets only in presence of the drug
Resolution after drug is discontinued
Relapse after drug is reintroduced
What are drugs that can cause drug induced IMT?
Gold salts, sulfonamides (dogs)
Methimazole and proplyrhiouracil (cats)
Penicillin and TMS (horses)
What are infections that can cause IMT?
Acute canine ehrlichiosis Other Ehrlichia and Anaplasma Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Histoplasmosis, Leishmaniasis Distemper or modified virus vaccination Equine infectious anemia Babesiosis
What must neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia be differentiated from?
Other causes especially sepsis
Describe IMT caused by neoplasia
May include immunologic mechanisms
Lymphoma
Descibe IMT caused by systemic immune mediated disease (i.e. SLE)
SLE: evidence of increase PSAIg
Evan’s syndrome: IMHA with IMT described in dogs
What can cause thrombocytopenia dilution?
Blood loss (acute and severe) Hemodilution
Describe thrombocytopenia associated with blood loss
Thrombocytopenia could be due to consumption
Mild to moderate and self-limiting
What are causes of thrombocytopenia via consumption?
Platelet activation with accelerated consumption or use
Disseminated intravascaulr coagulation (DIC)
Drugs or foreign material
Evenomation
Vasculitis or endocarditis
What results from platelet activation with accelerated consumption or use?
Localized intravascular coagulation
What is a potent platelet activator?
Thrombin
Describe idiopathic thrombocytopenia of CKCS
Congenital
Common in the breed
Macrothrombocytopenia
No clinical bleeding problem
What is thrombocytopenia do to infectious causes frequently associated to?
Endotoxemia
What are bacteria that can cause thrombocytopenia?
Ehrlichia and Anaplasma spp
What is a fungi that can cause thrombocytopenia?
Histoplasma spp
What are protozoa that can cause thrombocytopenia?
Leishmania, Babesia, and Theileria spp.
How do infectious causes result in decreased platelet production?
Direct infection
Immune suppression
BM inflammation
How does Anaplasma platys cause thrombocytopenia?
Infect platelets
Clinical or subclinical
Mild parasitemia
PCR diagnosis
What neoplasma can cause thrombocytopenia?
Carcinomas
Sarcomas
Lymphomas
Leukemias
How do neoplasms cause decreased production of platelets?
Myelophthisis
Myelodysplasia
Estrogen secretion
Chemotherapy
How do neoplasms cause consumtpion of platelets?
DIC
Vasculitis or thrombosis
How do neoplasms cause destruction of platelets?
Secondary IMT
Hemorrhage, sepsis
How do neoplasms cause sequestration of platelets?
Splenomegaly or heptomegaly
Organ congestion
How does hypophosphatemia cause thrombocytopenia?
Hyperalimentation
Decreased platelet survial
Decreased platetlet ATP
How does anaphylaxis cause thrombocytopenia?
Mechanism incompletely characterized
Inflammatory mediators
DIC
Immune-complex interaction with platelets
What is thrombocytosis?
Platelet concentration greater than URL
What can cause thrombocytosis?
Redistribution or increased production (hemic neoplasias)
What is the cause of physiologic thrombocytosis?
Redistribution
What causes an increased production of platelets?
Inflammation (IL-6 induced TPO production) Nonhemic malignant neoplasia Iron deficiency Vinca alkaloids Rebound (recovery from thrombocytopenia) Postsplenectomy Blood loss Hypercortisolemia