Thrombosis + platelet pharmacology Flashcards
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What is the difference between haemostasis and thrombosis?
Haemostasis= appropriate coagulation thrombosis= inappropriate coagulation
Primary haemostasis- factors involved and treatments
factors- platelet VWF treatments 1. platelet transfusion 2. desmopressin 3. VWF concentrate
Secondary haemostasis- factors and treatments
factors- clotting factors
treatment- specific to clotting factor
Thrombosis can be either
Arterial or venous
Arterial thrombosis
Factors- high pressure platelets
treatments- antiplatelet drugs
Venous thrombosis
factors- low pressure clotting factos
treatments- anti-coagulants
Different components of blood
- platelets
- fresh from frozen plasma- factors 1, 7 9 ,VWF, 9,10,11,12
- red cells
Why couldn’t you just give plasma if someone was bleeding?
Contains lots of clotting factors
However
not dilute
could get infection
Coagulation cascade
Vessel injury- local vasoconstriction
then either:
1. platelet adhesion- platelet aggregation
2. activation of coagulation cascade- fibrin formation
Haemostatic plug
fibrinolytic activity and repair vessel damage
Primary haemostasis mechanism
- expose collagen
- platelet stick to collagen by VWF factor and activate other factors
- open confirguation and binds to platelets to form plaque by sticking on top of each other
Platelet disorder bleeding- why?
- reduced number- inherited or acquired- thrombocytopenia
2. abnormal or reduced function of platelets- could be due to anti-platelet drugs
What is a treatment for platelet disorder?
platelet transfusion
What is Von Willebrand disease?
Commonest inherited bleeding disorder
1% population have reduced VWF levels
autosomal dominant- 3 main types
milder bleeding disorder than haemophilia
Sites of bleeding in von Willebrand disease?
bruising, cuts, gums, epistaxis, menorrhagia
post operative, post trauma
treatment for von Willebrand disease?
desmopressin- protein release vmf into the circulation
intermediate purity- VMF and powder mix with water for injection 1:1 (VMF: factor 8)
Secondary coagulation cascade
TF/VILa to either X or IXa (back to X by VIII)
from X to Xa
Xa to il
il to ILa which changes fibrinogen to fibrin (mesh will work/ stop things from working)
What inhibits IXa, Xa and iLa?
unfractionated heparin
low mol WT heparin
Analogy for stopping bleeding
Hole in vessel= pipe you have to plug either 1. band aid to plug - platelets -more you have the closer together the more it stops bleeding 2. spray with super glue= 2nd
What are coagulation factor disorders?
haemophilia A- factor 8 defiecency
haemophilia B- factor 9 deficiency
others- autosomal recessive, deficiency in fibrinogen, FII FV FVII FX FXI FXII
Sites of bleeding for haemophilia A/B?
joints, muscles , post trauma , post operative
Severity of haemophilia
severe <1%
moderate 1-5%
mild >5%
Haemophilia
don’t have bleeding mucosal so just get bleeding from the joints from operations
bleed from joints- lots of damage to knee- painful- joint replaced
- haemoarthosis/ muscle atrophy
- muscle haematoma- IM injection in haemophilia
Clotting factors
- All plasma derived
- some recombinant- cell line have gene- 8,9,13
rare so other companies wouldn’t invest
Treating with clotting factors
give to plasma to replace all- dilute form
can give specific if you know what is missing