When there is a disruption to blood vessels’ endothelial lining…
the breach in vessel-wall integrity can be caused by spontaneous plaque disruption, trauma, or iatrogenic reasons such as venous access or surgical intervention.
Vessel-wall injury initiates…
an extraordinary chain of events that causes the cessation of bleeding with the formation of a clot, and then followed by clot dissolution.
Hemostasis =
= is the process by which the body maintains the delicate balance between bleeding and clotting.
Steps of Hemostasis
Primary and secondary
Steps of Primary Hemostasis
Secondary Hemostasis
Production of Fibrin
requires extrinsic, intrinsic, and final common pathways
Platelets (gen info)
Steps of Platelet Adhesion
Steps of Adhesion= 1st step of primary hemostasis
von Willebrand’s Disease (gen info)
von Willebrand’s Disease Treatment
Activation of Platelets
2nd step in primary hemostasis
Normal PLT activation
Aspirin and NSAID MOA:
Aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs interfere with cyclo-oxygenase, thus inhibiting the synthesis of thromboxane A2.
Aggregation of PLT
3rd step of primary hemostasis
Production of Fibrin
Extrinsic Pathway
“For 37 cents you can purchase the extrinsic pathway.”
Intrinsic Pathway
“If you cannot buy the intrinsic pathway for $12, you can get it for $11.98.”
Final Common Pathway
“The final common pathway can be purchased at the five (V) and dime (X) for 1 (I) or 2 (II) dollars on the 13th (XIII) of the month”
Hemophilia A
(factor VIII:C deficiency)
males cannot pass on to their sons
If a son has Hemophilia A it came from the mother
Hemophilia A Treatment
Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and cryoprecipitate both contain factor VIII in low concentrations.
•The preferred replacement source is factor VIII concentrate, a pooled plasma product that is treated to inactivate HIV and hepatitis viruses.
Hemophilia B
Christmas disease; factor IX deficiency)
Treated with concentrated preparations of factor IX.
Antithrombin
Antithrombin is made in the liver and neutralizes final common pathway factors and some intrinsic factors by forming complexes with them.
Activated antithrombin:
Antithrombin is a required cofactor for…?
HEPARIN
• Heparin binds to antithrombin III. When heparin is attached to antithrombin, the rate of the thrombin-antithrombin reaction increases 1,000-fold or more.
Acquired antithrombin deficiency states are common with…
An antithrombin deficiency is the most common reason a patient is unresponsive to heparin.