Unit 3 Coagulation Flashcards
Factors that require vitamin K:
Vitamin K activates clotting and fibrinolysis factors factor II factor VII factor IX factor X protein C protein S
PT/INR
-measures extrinsic pathway
aPTT
- take out tissue factor
- just have phospholipid
- measures intrinsic pathway
Hemophilia A
- deficiency in factor 8
- inc aPTT
- muscle bleeding, bruising
Hemophilia B
- deficiency in factor 9
- inc. aPTT
- muscle bleeding, bruising
Factor 5 Leiden
- mutation in factor 5 that inhibits it from getting inactivated by protein C
- inc. clotting
Von Willebrand Disease
-most common bleeding disorder
-VW factor stored in weibel pilate bodies
-treated with desmopressin (DDAVP) before procedures (only works type 1)
-Type 1- low amounts
-Type 2- nonfunctional
Type 3- not present at all
Bernard-Soulier
-deficiency of GP1B
Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
- antibodies attack platelets
- acute and chronic
- tx: steroids, IVIG (overwhelms immune system), rituximab (lowers B cells), splenectomy
Bleeding Time Test
-does not diagnose factor deficiencies
Primary Hemostasis
- platelet plug formation
- measure with bleeding time or PFA100
- defects lead to mucocutaneous bleeding
prothrombin G20210A
x
Plasmin
The key enzyme responsible for clot digestion (fibrinolysis).
-plasminogen is incorporated into clots and is activated by tPA and uPA, and it becomes plasmin
D-Dimer Test
x
Glycoprotein 2b3a
x
Heparin
- cofactor for antithrombin which greatly increases its ability to inactivate thrombin
- works in intrinsic pathway
- effects are immediate
- safe in pregnancy
- protamine reverses unfractionated heparin
- unfractionated heparin inactivates thormbin and factor 10 (IV)
- low molecular weight heparin also possible- inactivates factor 10 (injection)
- can be reversed with protamine sulfate (opposite charge of heparin) (hep is -)
- heparin induced thrombcytopenia- antibodies attack platelet factor 4-heparin complexes- tx in future with argatroban or leparudin
Warfarin
- works on extrinsic pathway
- takes a while for effects to begin (4 or 5 days)
- teratodenic- do not use in pregnant people
- oral
Desmopressin
- DDAVP
- stimulates VWF
- temporarily stop sx of VW disease