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Pharmacology

Chapter 26

QuestionAnswer
The process that stops bleeding is HEMOSTASIS
Doesn't have the ability to clot HEMOPHILIA
Coagulation means clot True
Body ensures that we do not bleed out True
Lack of oxygen ISCHEMIA
Cause tissue death ISCHEMIA
A blood clot THROMBUS
A traveling clot EMBOLUS
Clot breakdown is FIBRINOLYSIS
Thrombocyte is platelets True
Fibrin is CLOT
Lysis is BREAKDOWN
INR measures BLOOD CLOTTING TIME
Coagulation cascade final results are FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOT
Fibrinolytic system is Plasminogen converts to Plasmin True
Plasmin is the liquid in our blood True
Plasmin breaks down FIBRIN True
Plasmin makes sure Fibrin does not get too big True
Body ensures that we do not bleed out True
Balance between clotting and clot breakdown is critical True
Anticoagulants is a blood thinner but do not breakdown clots
Anticoagulants are given for high risk of blood clotting True
Heparin is blood thinner medication that is high risk and short term True
Heparin is usually given in the hospital intravenous route and is unfragmented every 6 hours True
What does aPTT stand for Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
aPTT means trying to keep a range True
Injection medication can be given at home and is for long term use Enoxaparin
Is processed in the body differently whereas labs are not needed Enoxaparin
Medication is given for abdominal surgery's and immobile situations Enoxaparin
Heparin inhibits Factor IIa (thrombin) and Factor Xa True
Vitamin K is an antidote for Warfarin
Warfarin Coumadin blocks clotting factors (hint 1972) X, IX, VII, II
Lab monitoring for Warfarin/ Coumadin is PT/INR
Normal INR is 1.0
Therapeutic INR is 2.0 less than or equal to INR less than or equal to 3.5
Heparin antidote is Protamine Sulfate True
Dabigatran antidote is Idarucizumab True
Xa Inhibitors antidote is Andexxa True
Protamine reverses Heparin
Vitamin K reverses Warfarin
Major Adverse Effects are gum bleeding blood in stool (melena) blood in urine hematuria
Melena is blood in the stool True
Little purplish and bluish bruises everywhere (too much bleeding) is called Petechia True
Thrombocytopenia is blood platelet count True
HIT stands for Heparin- Induced Thrombocytopenia True
Type I of HIT is platelets that have moved away from the site of injury True
Type I is mild and continue therapy True
Type II of HIT can be dangerous, platelets drop >50%, and stops heparin immediately True
Created by: Daarina Jones
 

 



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