Week 3 Flashcards
What is critical appraisal?
The process of assessing the outcome of scientific research to judge its trustworthiness, value and relevance
What does critical apprasial include?
Looking for potential bias
Checking relevance of research results to your specific context
Making judgements about value e.g. benefit/cost
What is evidence-based medicine?
The integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values
What are the 5 steps of evidence based medicine?
- ask a focused question
- find best evidence to answer question
- critically apprasie evidence for validity
- integrate research with clinical expertise and patients values/beliefs/circumstances
- evaluate process
What is the 5 a’s in cycle of enquiry?
Ask: forumulate clinical question
Acquire: search for evidence
Appraise: appraise evidence
Apply: incorporate evidence into decision making
Assess: evaluate process
What is the composition of blood?
55% plasma
45% erythrocytes
<1% wbcs and platelets
What is plasma composed of?
92% water
8% proteins, antibodies, electrolytes
Functions of plasma?
- collects waste around body from tissues and takes to kidneys for excretion
- maintains body temperature
- albumin: maintains osmotic pressure
- fibrinogen: important clotting factor component
- antibodies fight infection
- electrolytes maintain blood pH
Functions of blood?
- delivers substances around the body (oxyegn, water, nutrients)
- removes waste (co2, excess salt and water, debris from dead cells)
- containes wbc to fight infection
- contains clotting factors
- transports hormones from endocrine system (adrenaline, melatonin, insulin, testosterone)
Purpose of RBC being biconcave?
Allows elasticity to fit through capillaries
Function of RBCs?
Gas exchange - transports oxygen around the body via hemoglobin and carries carbon dioxide to lungs to be expelled
How long do RBCs live?
120 days
Where are RBCs broken down?
Spleen/liver
Where do all blood cells stem from?
Pluripotent hamatopoietic stem cell
Where are pluripotent hamatopoietic stem cells produced?
Bone marrow
Function of thrombopoietin?
Hormone growth factir increasing platelet production
Function of erythropoietin?
Hormone growth factor increasing erythrocyte production, low oxygen conc triggers increased EPO
2 qualities of pluripotent stem cells?
Self renew and proliferate/differentiate into progenitor cells
What would the first aid procedure be for a bleeding wound?
- Wear gloves
- apply pressure with dressing and bandage
- remove clothes covering wound
- dont pull objects out of wound
- lie patient down to prevent shock and cover with blanket
What is the triage system?
Categorisation of sick/wounded people
red = immediate
orange = very urgent 10-15 min
yellow = urgent 60 min
green = standard
blue = no danger
What are anticoagulants?
compounds that prevent blood clotting
What are clotting factors?
enzymes/proteins required for clot formation
What is coagulation?
The conversion of liquid blood to a gel like solid
What is haemostasis?
The stopping of bleeding
What are proteases?
Enzymes that break down proteins
What is proteolysis?
Cleavage of peptide bonds in proteins
What is thrombin?
An enzyme that forms clots
What is thrombosis?
Formation of a blood clot
What is a thrombus?
A blood clot
What are the three phases of haemostasis?
- vasoconstriction
-formation of platelet plug - coagulation
What is haemophilia?
patients lack a clotting factor and cannot form a blood clot
Function of sodium citrate?
Prevents blood coagulation in storage
Difference between in vivo and in vitro?
In vivo: in glass
In vitro: living subjects
What is the extrinsic clotting pathway initiated by?
Damaged tissue - tissue factor (III) exposed to blood
What is the extrinsic clotting pathway tested by?
Prothrombin time (PT)
What is the intrinsic clotting pathway activated by?
Activated platelets
What is the intrinsic and final clotting pathway tested by?
Activate partial thromboplastin time APTT
How is the intial clotting response amplified?
Stepwise activation of coagulation factors
Which three things are required for both clotting pathways?
Calcium ions
Clotting factors
Negatively charged phospholipid surfaces of platelets
What are stem cells?
Unspecialised cells which can renew indefinitely and can differentiate into specialised cells
What are two common traits of stem cells?
Self renewal and differentiation capabilities
What is differentiation?
Process of unspecialised cells e.g. stem cells acquire specialised structural/functional features that characterise the cells, tissues or organs of an organism
Which type of cell division do stem cells undergo?
Asymmetric producing 2 dissimilar daughter cells
What are the two types of stem cells produced from stem cell division?
Identical daughter cell maintaining stem cell line
Different daughter cell with different genetic instructions and reduced proliferative capacity
What do the non identical daughter cells of stem cells become?
Progenitor cells: commit to producing one/few terminally differentiated cells e.g. neutrons, muscle cells
What is cell potency?
Cells ability to differentiate into other cell types
What is the hierarchy of stem cell potency?
Totipotent, pluripotent, multipotent, unipotent
Describe totipotent cells?
Can give rise to embryonic membrane and any cell type of adult body e.g. zygote/morula
Describe pluripotent cells?
Can give rise to any cell type of adult body e.g. ICM of blastocyst
Describe multipotent cells?
Can give rise to tissue specific cell types of adult body e.g. mesenchymal or neural stem cells
Describe unipotent cells?
Can give rise to one specific type of adult body tissue cells e.g. skin cells
Which diseases can haematopoietic stem cells transplantations treat?
Leukaemia and myeloma
What cells can mesenchymal stem cells produce?
Adipocyte, chondrocyte, osteocyte
What are induced pluripotent stem cells?
Adult somatic stem cells reprogrammed back to pluripotency so they can differentiate into other cell types
What qualities do iPSCs have?
Self renewal capability
Differentiation potential
Ability to be cultured (grown in lab)
ability to form all germ layers
Where are human embryonic stem cells derived from and what are they used for?
ICM of blastocyst
IVF
What are somatic stem cells?
Non reproductive cells e.g. sperm/eggs that replenish and regenerate dying/damaged cells
Examples of somatic stem cells?
Mesenchymal and haematopoeitic stem cells
Where are haematopoietic stem cells produced?
Femur and pelvic bone marrow
How are iPSCs made?
Treated with transcription factors to switch genes back on to induce pluripotency
Some properties of cancer stem cells?
Characteristics of stem and cancer cells
Can self renew and differetiate
Seed tutors when transplanted into host
Issue with cancer stem cells?
Isn’t killed by traditional cancer therpay
Has to have cancer stem cell targeted therapy
Potential uses of stem cells?
Regenerative medicine
Tissue repair
Drug screening
What is regenerative medicine?
Reapir/replace damaged or diseased human cells or tissue to restore normal function
What is stem cell therapy and who can donate?
Bone marrow transplant to treat blood disorders e.g. leukaemia
Autologous or allogenic transplant from individual with same tissue type e.g. family members
What happens in stem cell therapy?
- blood stem cells removed from donor
- patient treated to remove defective stem cells
-patient injected with donors blood stem cells to produce all blood cells needed throughout their lifetime
What does allogenic mean?
Transported to current location from else wherw
What does autologous mean?
Obtained from same individual
Supine vs prone position?
Supine: lying upwards
Prone: lying downwards (back dissection)
Ventral vs dorsal?
Ventral: belly
Dorsal: back e.g. dorsal fin
3 anatomical planes?
Median: r and l halfs
Frontal: front and back
Transverse: top and bottom halfs
What is a longitudinal section?
Section through length of median plane e.g. leg
What is circumduction?
flexion, abduction, extension, adduction
What is plantar and dorsal?
Plantar: sole of foot
Dorsal: top of foot
Clinical relevance of APTT?
Determines how fast or slow clotting is taking place, determines if people are missing clotting factors etc.
Determines if treatment for blood clot is working
What are the functions of platelets and how long do they live?
Initiate hemostasis when damage to blood vessels occurs
5-9 days
no nucleus
Where are platelets broken down?
spleen
Why is the intrinsic pathway required in blood clotting?
To form clots of a sufficient size
Is clot lysis or formation slower?
Clot lysis
What are the 3 steps of hemostasis briefly?
- vasoconstriction occurs to reduce blood flow
- platelet plug formed
- coagulation cascade