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Valley Homeostasis Flashcards

1
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What factor promotes platelet adhesion?

A

von Willebrand’s factor

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2
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Where is von Willebrand’s factor manufactured? Released?

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vWF is both manufactured by and released from endothelial cells

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What activates platelets?

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Thrombin (aka: Factor IIa or activated factor II) activates platelets

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4
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What does the activated platelet synthesize? What is the effect?

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activated platelets (think platelets that have changed shape) synthesize and release thromboxane A2 and ADP. Both of these promote platelet aggregation by binding to receptors and activating signal transduction.

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5
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What factor aggregates platelets?

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Factor I - fibrinogen aggregates platelets.

Remember: Thromboxane A2 and ADP uncover the fibrinogen receptors

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6
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When the endothelial lining of the blood vessel is damaged, platelets adhere to the sub endothelial collagen. What substance anchors platelets to sub endothelial collagen?

A

Von Willebrand’s Factor

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7
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What clotting factor activates the platelet at the site of vascular injury?

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Thrombin factor (IIa)

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What two substances, released from the activated platelet, stimulate platelet aggregation?

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Thromboxane A2 and ADP

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9
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What substance links platelets together (aggregates them)?

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Fibrinogen (factor I)

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10
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What agents inhibit platelet aggregation by inhibiting cyclooxyegenase?

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ASA and NSAIDs

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11
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What clotting factors are found in the extrinsic pathway?

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III - aka tissue factor or thromboplastin

VII

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12
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What clotting factors are found in the intrinsic pathway?

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XII
XI
IX
VIII

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13
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What clotting factor are found in the final common pathway?

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I - fibrinogen
II - prothrombin
V
X
XIII - fibrin stabilizing factor
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14
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What clotting factor is considered the physiologic initiator of the coagulation cascade?

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III - also known as tissue factor or thromboplastin

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15
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What clotting factor promotes fibrin cross-linking?

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XIII - fibrin-stabilizing factor

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16
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Antithrombin III inhibits what five clotting factors? Which of these five is in the intrinsic pathway? What two of these five clotting factors are most profoundly inhibited?

A

II, IX, X, XI, and XII

IX, XI, and XII are in the intrinsic pathway

II and X are most profoundly inhibited

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17
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What four clotting factors are vitamin K dependent? Which of these is in the extrinsic pathway?

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II, VII, IX, and X

VII is in the extrinsic pathway

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18
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How does heparin work?

A

heparin increases the activity of (turns on) antithrombin III

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19
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How does coumadin work?

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coumadin competitively inhibits the vitamin-K dependent clotting factors

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20
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What anticoagulant affects the extrinsic and final common pathways?

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warfarin (coumadin)

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21
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What anticoagulant affects the intrinsic and final common pathways?

22
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What two coagulation tests asses the extrinsic pathway?

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PT (prothrombin time) and INR (international normalized ratio)

23
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What two coagulation tests assess the intrinsic pathway?

A

PTT (partial thromboplastin time) and activated coagulation time (ACT)

24
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How does protamine work to reverse heparin? What kind of reaction is this?

A

protamine combines electrostatically with heparin (this is a neutralization reaction)

25
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What enzyme is responsible for breaking down fibrin?

26
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What two pharmacological agents inhibit plasmin?

A

epsilon-aminocaproic acid (Amicar) and aprotinin (Trasylol)

27
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Name three substances that convert plasminogen to plasmin.

A

urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and streptokinase

28
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When is aprotinin generally used in anesthesia? How does it work?

A

aprotinin is used for repeat sternotomies and works by inhibiting plasmin

29
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What is the normal activated coagulation time (ACT)?

A

80-150 seconds

30
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What is the best tests of primary hemostasis, or platelet function?

A

standardized skin bleeding time

31
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What is the most common reason for coagulopathy after a massive blood transfusion?

A

lack of functioning platelets (thrombocytopenia)

32
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What clotting factors are found in fresh frozen plasma?

A

all procoagulants

33
Q

Cryoprecipitate contains what clotting factors?

A

factor I - fibrinogen
factor VIII - vWF
and factor XIII - fibrin-stabilizing factor

34
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What are the typical manifestations of disseminated intravascular coagulopathy?

A

bleeding, with oozing from tubes, wounds, and vascular access sites

35
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Transfused blood is deficient in what two coagulation factors?

A

factor V and factor VIII

36
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What is the most common inherited coagulation defect?

A

Von Willebrand’s Disease

37
Q

The patient with vW disease has not responded to desmopressin (DDAVP). What will you try next?

A

cryoprecipitate

38
Q

What anti platelet agent prevents ADP-induced platelet aggregation?

ASA, IBP, Toradol, or Ticlopidine?

A

Ticlopidine

39
Q

Which clotting factors are NOT made in the liver?

A

III - Tissue factor or Thromboplastin
IV - Calcium
VIII - vWF

40
Q

The clotting factor that is responsible for cross-linking fibrin is?

A

XIII - fibrin-stabilizing factor

41
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What anticoagulant works on the extrinsic pathway? and what test assesses the effectiveness?

A

Coumadin works on the extrinsic pathway.

PT (prothrombin time) /INR

42
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What factors does cryoprecipitate contain?

A

I - fibrinogen
VIII - vWF
XIII - fibrin-stabiliing factor

43
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When antithrombin is activated by heparin, antithrombin binds to what factors?

A

Binds factors II, IX, X, XI, and XII

44
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A patient who is scheduled for CABG surgery is heparinized, and the ACT is less than 300 seconds. The result is the same after a second dose of heparin. Why is the patient unresponsive to heparin and what is your next action?

A

The patient has a deficiency of antithrombin III.

Give the patient FFP

45
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Prothrombin time normally is what?

A

12-14 seconds

46
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The reaction of protamine with heparin is what time of reaction?

A

a neutralization reaction

47
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What substance convert fibrin to fibrin split products?

48
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What is aprotinin used for? And what should you be aware of when using aprotinin?

A

Aprotinin is used for patients undergoing a sternotomy for the second time.
A patient receiving aprotinin for the 1st time can have an allergic reaction.
A patient receiving aprotinin for the second time can have an anaphylactic reaction.

49
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Post operative bleeding with continued oozing from wounds and catheter sites suggests what disorder?

A

Disseminated Inravascular Coagulopathy

50
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What is increased in the patient with DIC?

A

Fibrin degradation products such as fibrin split products (FSP)

51
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What is the major cause of diffuse bleeding after a massive blood transfusion?

A

Thrombocytopenia

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