RBC II, Putthoff, Hemophilias Flashcards
What is the most common hereditary disease assoc with life threatening bleeding
hemophilia A
what is the mutation in hemophilia A
mutations in facotr VIII
inhertiatnce hemophilia A
X linked recessive
The severity of clinical signs of hemophilia A depends on what
level of facto VIII activity
what percent of VIII activity constitutes moderately severe and mild levels hemophilia A
2-5% is moderately severe
6-50% mild
most mutations with VIII causing hemophilia A are what
inversion involving the X chromosome that abolishes synthesis of factor VIII
If immunoassay levels of VIII are normal is suspected hemophilia A case does this rule it out? why or why not?
no because can have point mutations that impair function
Clinical Sx of hemophilia A
easy bruising and massive hemorrhage after trauma or operative procedures
spontaneous hemorrhages in areas susceptible to trauma, like joints
PT and PTT of hemophilia A
prolonged PTT
normal PT
what does the complex VIIIa/IXa do
activate X
Tx hemophilia A
infusions of recombinant factor VIII
therapeutic challenge in Tx hemophilia A
can develop Ab to the factor VIII since “never seen before”
What is Hemophilia B causedby
factor IX deficiency
clinically indistinguishable from hemophilia A
inheritance hemophlia B
x linked recessibe trait
PT and PTT hemophilia B
PTT prolonged and PT normal
how to Dx hemophilia B
assay of factor levels
Tx hemophilia B
Tx with infusions of recombinant factor IX
What is DIC
acute, subacute or chronic thrombohemorrhagic disorder characterized by the excessive activation of coagulation and the formation of thrombi in the microvasculature of the body
What occurs to blood products in DIC
consumption of platelets, fibrin, coagulation factors
activation of fibrinolysis
Signs and Sx DIC
tissue hypoxia and infarction caused by myriad microthrombi
Is DIC a primary disease
no coagulopathy that occurs in course of variety of clinical conditions
describe clotting in vivo
TF which combines with VII to activate X and IX
X–> thrombin which activates fibrinogen to fibrin which activates IX VIII and V to stimulate crosslinking and activate platelets
what occurs to thrombin at distal sites from acute injury of vessels wall
binds thrombomodulin and becomes an anticoagulant
what does thrombin-thrombomodulin do
activates protein C which inhibits V and VIII