Laboratory Assessment and Selected Therapeutic Interventions in Hemostasis Flashcards
In vivo vs in vitro
In vivo - how it happens in the body…need to understnad for disease
In vitro - how it happens outside the body…important for understanding lab results
Platelet count
150-400 thousand/uL
Spontaneous bleeding risk low unless count is <10,000
Thrombotic risk at 1 million
Bleeding time
Standardized skin incision
Blot blood flow with filter paper until it comes away clean and measure time til it stops
Preop risk assessment for bleeding…not good
PFA-100
Superior to bleeding time
Citrated whole blood aspirated through hole in membrane lined with collagen plus epineprhine or ADP
Activated platelets aggregate
Measure time for platelet plug to occlude hole - closure time
Citrate tube sequesters calcium and only measures primar y
Prolonged CT
Thrombocytopenia, vWD, aspirin ingestion, Glanzman, thrombasthenia
not useful for antiplatelet drug monitoring
Good neg predictive value…normal CT means not primary hemostatic dz
PLatelet aggregation testing
Platelets concentrated into platelet rich plasma …various platelet activation facotrs added individually
Activation leads to GP2b/3a mediated aggregation…aggregated clumps fall out of suspension…measurable light transmission increases
Uses light transmission aggregometry
Impedence aggregometry
Whole blood…platelet aggregation increases electrical resistance
Glanzmann thrombasthenia on LTA
Will show flat line because GP2b/3a receptors don’t work and no aggregation
Bernard Soulier dz on LTA
Looks normal
Ristocetin must be used to diagnose B-S…binds to vWF and induces conformation change that exposes normally hidden GP1b binding domain, enabling it to agglutinate with platelets
Stoarge pool dz on LTA
Heterogenous
Aspirin will flatten the curve like Glanzman
Congenital aspirin like defect
Platelets do not respond to arachidonic acid
Aggregation vs agglutination
Aggregation - depends on GP2b/3a
Agglutination - depends on GP1b
Aspirin affect on platelets
Aspirin irreversibly inhibits platelet COX enzymnes and blocks TXA2 production…inihibits TXA2 mediated platelet activation
Transfers its acetyl group to the COX 1 enzyme
GP2B/3a antagonists
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
GP2B/3a antagonists - block platelet aggregation
Phosphodiesterase inhibitors promote persistance of cyclic AMP and GMP, enhancing platelet inhibitory NO effects
THienopyridines
Block platelet activation (clopidogrel and prasugrel)
Permanently bind P2Y12 ADP receptors
VerifyNow
Rapid test for aspirin or plavix effect on patients
Employs fibrinogen coated beads whcih aggregate in proportion to GP2B/3A receptors (fewer exposed if more blocked by drug)
Agonist (ADP for plavix and AA for aspirin) activates platelets, exposing GP2B/3S which binds the beads
Ristocetin cofactor activity
Test for vWF (%)
Patients native platelets removed and replaced with formlain treated reagent platelets
Formalin treated will agglutinate at rate proportional to concentration
ELISA assay for vWF
Uses anti-vWF ABs to quantitate amount
Types of vWD and quantitation
1 and 3 - decreased vWF production…protein quantity and activity low
Type 2 - abnormal that may or may not be decreased…activity low but amount may be normal
RIPA
Ristocetin induced platelet aggregation - test for type 2B vWD
Should agglutinate at lower concentrations if type 2B because conformation already present
Test for type 2B
If diagnosed, can treat with DDAVP
Multimer analysis
Good for vWD
Type 1 and 3 - decrease in all sizes
Type 2 - selective loss of HMW multimers
TTP - increased multimer
Clot based test advantages and disadvantages
Well established, available, simple, cheap, familiar
Potentially misleading