Lecture 29 - Anticoagulants + Hemostatic Flashcards
What are examples of hypercoaguable states?
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy IMHA Cushing's disease Acute phase inflammation Protein-losing nephropathy
What are examples of a hypocoaguable state?
post-surgery
Genetic bleeding disorders
Liver failure
What are the three necessary components of a functional clotting system?
Production of clotting factors
Functional platelets
Break down of clots
What is the breaking down of blood clots called
Firbinolysis
What interacts with blotting factors to induce the coagulation cascade?
Platelets
What are the factors within the intrinsic pathway?
12 - 11 - 9 - 8
What are the factors within the extrinsic pathway?
Tissue factor - 7
Where are the extrinsic molecules located?
Wall of the blood vessel
What tests the extrinsic pathway?
PT
What tests the intrinstic pathway?
aPTT
What is part of the common pathway?
Factor 10
2 - 1
What is factor 2 known as?
Thrombin
What is factor I known as?
Fibrinogen
What does fibrinogen do?
Polymerizes into a clot
What are the factors that depend on Vitamin K?
2 - 7 - 9 - 10
How does vitamin K activate certain Factors in the coag pathway?
Reduced –> Oxidized state
with y-glutamyl carboxylase
What recycles y-glutamyl carboxylase back to reduced form?
Vitamin K epoxide reductase
What is warfarin used in, in an extra-label use manner?
Food animals + Horses
how is warfarin distributed throughout the body?
Via plasma protein
What are the differences that you see in 1/2 life of warfarin?
extremely long in cats
How is warfarin metabolized?
Hepatic
How is warfarin excreted?
Urine + Feces
Why is the use of warfarin complicated?
Very small theraputic index
What is seen with warfarin toxicity?
Fatal hemorrhade w/ anemia
Hematomas all over
Congenital malformation in dogs + cats
What are therapeutic complications seen with warfarin use?
Dogs tolerant within a month
Need frequent testing of PT
Drug interactions
When do you see warfarin toxicity?
Antirodenticides
Moldy sweet clover + Sweet vernal hay
What is the biggest problem when it comes to warfarin toxicity in AZ?
Sweet clover
Where does warfarin affect the coag pathway?
Vit. K epoxide reductase
Why does giving Vitamin K in Warfarin toxicity help the animal?
Concentration of Vitamin K now high enough it can bypass the reductase and use DL-diaphorase instead
When, besides warfarin toxicity, is Vitamin K used for treatment?
Chronic sulfonamide treatment of birds for coccidiosis
Congenital, vit. K dependent coagulopathy
Porcine hemorrhagic syndrome
Why wont Vitamin K adminstration help animals in chronic liver failure?
The enzyme used to bypass the system is no longer being made in high enough quantities to help
How should Vitamin K be given?
Dogs - with fatty meal PO
Food animals/Horses - IM/SC
Why is Vd of vitamin K low?
Bind to chylomicrons + concentrating in the liver
How long does it take for a therapeutic effect of Vitamin K to occur?
6 ot 12 hours
What adverse reactions are seen with vitamin K adminstration?
Anaphylaxis
What are the three types of blood products?
Fresh/Fresh frozen plasma
Whole blood
Packed RBC’s