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Secondary Hemostasis Flashcards

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Requirements of ACT coagulation test

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Whole Blood

Contact Activator

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Significance of prolonged Thrombin Time

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Quantitative or qualitative abnormalities of fibrinogen

Inhibitors of fibrin formation

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_______________ is required for the initation of secondary hemostasis when initiated by wounds

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Tissue Factor

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Result of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

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Thrombosis of the microvasculature

Depletion of coagulation factors and platelets → bleeding

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Significance of prolonged PT

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Factor VII deficiency

Deficiency or inhibition of common pathway factor

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Inhibitor Consumption Tests

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Antithrombin (AT)

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Requirements for PT coagulation test

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Citrated plasma

Tissue factor

Calcium

Platelet substitute

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Cause of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

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Continued activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis

Induction or exposure of tissue factor or other activators of coagulation

Endothelial damage exposing collagen

Proteolytic enzymes

Stagnant blood flow

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Increased concentration of D-Dimers occurs wtih

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Increased fibrinolysis

Severe internal hemorrhage with fibrinolysis

Decreased clearance of FDP by liver

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Coagulation test for the common pathway

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Fibrinogen

TT

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Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor inhibits

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Generation of Xa

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Loads of thrombin generated on the platelet surface drives the formation of

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Fibrin

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Thromibin time measures

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Time for fibrin clot formation in citrated plasma + thrombin

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Inhibitors of coagulation

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Antithrombin

Activated Protein C (APC)

Tissue Factor Pathway Inhibitor (TFPI)

Alpha-2 Macroglobulin

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Significance of fibrinogen concentration increase

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Inflammation

Relative increase with dehydration

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Two phases of DIC

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Hypercoagulabile Phase

Consumptive Phase

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17
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Steps of the Common Pathway of the Coagulation Cascade

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  1. X → Xa
  2. Prothrombin → Thrombin by Xa
  3. Fibrinogen → Fibrin by Thrombin
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Vitamin K dependent Factors?

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II, VII, IX, X

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Categories of coagulation tests

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Procoagulant Tests

Anticoagulat Tests

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20
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PIVKA would be increased in

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Vitamin k antagonism/deficiency

Human hepatocellular carcinomas

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Hypercoagulable Phase of DIC

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Thrombosis

Ischemic necrosis and organ dysfunction

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Prothrombin Time (PT) measures

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Time for fibrin clot formation in citrated plasma + tissue factor + calcium + platelet phospholipid substitute

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Clinical signs of DIC

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Associated with the signs of primary disease

Signs of organ dysfunction secondary to thrombosis

Bleeding

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Requirements of aPTT coagulation test

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Citrated Plasma

Contact activator

Calcium

Platelet substitute

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Plasmin degrades fibrin into

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Fibrin Degradation Products

D- Dimers

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Pathogenesis of the hypercoagulable phase of DIC leading to organ dysfuction

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Thrombus formation → blockage of the microvasculature → Ischemic necosis → Organ dysfunction

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Hemophilia B

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Factor IX deficiency

Dogs and Cats

Signs and inheritance patterns similar to Hemophilia A

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Requirements for Thrombin Time coagulation test

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Citrated plasma

Thrombin

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Mechanism of action of Antithrombin

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  1. Heparin binds to antithrombin
  2. Heparin causes conformational change and exposes the thrombin binding site
  3. Thrombin binds to AT = TAT complex and heparin floats away
  4. Tat Comples is cleared by the phagocytic system
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30
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Secondary Hemostasis

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Stabilization of the platelet plug via fibrin meshwork - used in large defects

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Laboratory findings in Warfarin Toxicity

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PT - prolonged

aPTT, ACT - prolonged

PIVKA - positive

Platelet count - normal

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32
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Three phases of the cell-based model

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Initiation

Amplification

Propagation

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33
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Why does vitamin k antagonism work?

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Vitamin K dependent factors los their negative charge and are not recruited to sites of injury

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34
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Hageman’s Disease

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Factor XII deficiency

Cats and Killer Whales

Deficiency not associated with bleeding - prolonged PTT

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35
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Secondary hemostasis occurs on

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Platelet surface

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Fibrin Degradation Products inhibit

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Platelet function and fibrin polymerization

37
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Which of the intrinsic pathway coagulation tests is more sensitive?

38
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Laboratory findings of hemophilia A

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Platelet Count - Normal

Bleeding Time - Normal

aPTT and ACT - Prolonged

PT- normal

Factor activity - reduced

39
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Pathophysiology of Warfarin Toxicity

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Coumarins block enzymes required to reduce vitamin K

Negative charge not transferred to coagulation factors

Platelet surface charge remains positive

Factors X and II unable to bind to platelet

40
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Coagulation factors are synthesized in the

41
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Treatment of warfarin toxicosis

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Decontamination

Supplement vitamin K

Plasma and/or blood transfusions

42
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Fibrinolytic Activity Tests

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Fibrin Degradation Products

D-Dimer

43
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How is citrated plasma different than blood?

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No RBC, WBC or Platelets

Decreased Calcium

44
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Key factor that promotes amplification of secondary hemostasis

45
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For collection of blood for coagulation tests, what tube should be used?

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Blue Top - Citrate Tube

46
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Factors involved in the Intrinisc Pathway

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XII, XI, IX, VIII

47
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X is converted to Xa by what in the Intrinisc Pathway?

48
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Activated Protein C inhibits

49
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Coagulation test for the intrinsic pathway

50
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aPTT and ACT tests measure

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Time for fibrin clot formation

51
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Factors involved in the Extrinsic Pathway

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Tissue Factor III

VII

52
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Pathways that make up the coagulation cascade

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Intrinsic pathway - Contact Activation

Extrinsic pathway - Tissue Activation

Common Pathway

53
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Clinical features of Warfarin Toxicosis

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Bleeding - Anemia, weakness, pallor, hypovolemia, shock, dyspnea, lameness, neurologic signs

Death

54
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What is the cardinal bloodwork finding for a patient in consuptive phase of DIC?

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Thrombocytopenia

55
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Significance in fibrinogen concentration decrease

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Consumption due to hypercoagulation - excessive conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin

Decreased production by the liver

56
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Pathogenesis of hypercoagulable phase of DIC leading to bleeding

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Thrombus formation → fibrinolysis → increased FDPs → decreased platelet function → bleeding

57
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Significance of prolonged aPTT and ACT time

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Deficiency or inhibition of any intrinsic or common pathway factor

Heparin therapy

58
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IX is converted to IXa in the Intrinsic Pathway by

59
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Coagulopathy and Liver disease

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Decreased synthesis of coagulation factors

Production of dysfunctional factors

60
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X is converted to Xa by what in the Extrinisic Pathway

61
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Treatment for DIC

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Identify and eliminate underlying disorder

Fluid therapy

Transfusion therapy

62
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Hemophilia A

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Factor VIII deficiency

X linked recessive inheritance

Causes mild, moderate or severe bleeding

63
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Non-Enzymatic factors of the coagulation cascade

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Tissue Factor (Factor III, Thromboplastin)

Factor VIIIa

Factor Va

Calcium

Platelets

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Factors affected by amplification

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XI

VII

VIIIa

Va

65
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Coagulation Tests

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Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time (aPTT, PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT)

Thrombin Time (TT), Fibrinogen

PIVKA

Special Factor Assay

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PIVKA

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Proteins induced by vitamin K antagonism

Indirectly measures abnormal forms of vitamin K dependent factors

67
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Increased concentration of fibrin degradation products occus when

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Increased fibrinolysis

Severe internal hemorrhage with fibrinolysis

Decreased clearance of FDP by liver

68
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Antithrombin inhibits

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Thrombin, IXa, Xa

69
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VII is converted to VIIa in the extrinsic pathway by

70
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Fibrinogen is an indicator of what in large animals

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Inflammation

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Laboratory findings of DIC

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Thrombocytopenia

PT, aPTT - Prolonged

Fibrinogen - decreased

FDP and D-Dimers - increased

Antithrombin - decreased

Hemorrhagic anemia

Schistocytes

72
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aPTT requires ______% deficiency before prolongation is detected

73
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ACT requires ______% deficiency of factor before prolongation is detected

74
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Serum biochemistries for DIC depend on

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Primary Disease

Location of microthrombosis

75
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PT requires ______% deficiency of factor before prolongation is detected

76
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Alpha-2 Macroglobulin inhibits

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Thrombin

Plasmin

Kallikrein

77
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Prothrombin is converted to Thrombin by

78
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Enzymatic Factors of the Coagulation Cascade

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XII, XI, IX, VII, X

Prothrombin

Thrombin

Fibrinogen

Fibrin

79
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Pathogenesis of consumptive phase of DIC

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Depletion of coagulation factors and platelets → bleeding

80
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Fibrinogen is converted to Fibrin by

81
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Activated Clotting Time ACT measures

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Time for fibrin clot formation in non-anticoagulated whole blood

82
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Coagulation test for the extrinsic pathway

83
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Plasminogen is converted to Plasmin by

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Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA)

84
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Inherited Factor Deficiencies

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Hemophilia A - VIII

Hemophilia B - IX

Hagemans Disease - XII

85
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Factors involved in the common pathway

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X, V

Prothrombin

Fibrinogen

Fibrin

86
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Cell Based Model

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Focuses on the roll of cells involved with coagulation

87
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Why is PT a good choice in test for screening for Vitamin K deficiency?

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Because Factor VII has the shortest half life

88
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Causes of Warfarin Toxicosis

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Poisoning with coumarin derivatives

Fat malabsorption

Dietary deficiency

Antibiotics that cause decreased absorption or utilization by liver

89
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It is good practice to supplement a patient with prolonged aPTT with what before surgery?

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