Hemostasis And Thrombosis

Question 1

What are the three parts of virchows triad?

Answer 1

These can all result in thrombis
Endothelial injury
Abnormal blood flow
Hyper coagulability

Question 2

What are the possible outcomes of thrombosis?

Answer 2

Thrombolysis or reorganization
Continued propagation
Infarction of tissue
Fragmentation or detachment leading to embolization downstream (can lead to tissue death)

Question 3

What is the most common material of emboli?

Answer 3

Thrombus

Question 4

What is a paradoxical embolus?

Answer 4

When the patient has a patent for amen ovals and the thrombus can pass into the left side of the heart

Question 5

What is a PE?

Answer 5

When a venous thrombus emboli passes through the right side of the heart into the pulmonary artery

Question 6

What is an arterial embolism?

Answer 6

Emboli continue along with the flow of blood until they end up in a smaller artery

Question 7

What can arterial embolism look like?

Answer 7

Eschemia of limbs. Most originate in the heart end go to lower extremities or brain

Question 8

What do labs look like during DIC?

Answer 8

Prolonged PT and PTT, decrease fibrinogen, ddimer high, low platelets

Question 9

Cause of hypothalamic shock?

Answer 9

Hemorrhage

Question 10

Cause of cardiogenic shock

Answer 10

Large MI
ARRHYTHMIAS
Pericardial tamponade