Platelets
Name that Test
Tubes and depts.
Hemostasis DZ etc
hodge podge
100
This what it is called when platelets stick to each other
What is adhesion?
100
evaluates the extrinsic system of the coagulation cascade and monitors Coumadin Therapy
What is PT (Prothrombin time)?
100
CBC, HH, ESR, SICKLE CELL SCREENING
What is lavender top tube
100
A dificiency of this factor will cause Hemophilia B
What is factor IX?
100
What type of blood can not be used to perform a PT
What is serum?
200
What substances causes "shape change" in platelets
What is collagen?
200
Complete Blood Count
What is CBC?
200
PT, PTT, APTT, bleeding time, thromboplastin time
What is Light-Blue top tube
200
Eating Green leafy vegatable will shorten the results of this test
What is PT?
200
when you have stopped bleeding and the clot starts to dissolve, fibrinolysis releases this
What is fibrin and fibrinogen degredation products (FDPs)?
300
Aspirin can knock out platelet activity for this may days.
What is up to 14 days?
300
Activated thromboplastin time and evaluates intrinsic pathway and monitors Heparin therapy
What is APTT?
300
This is the additive in the lavender tube
What is EDTA?
300
These are small little red spots that occur with a low platelet count
What is petechia?
300
**********DAILY DOUBLE!******** 2X POINTS Normal platelets have a circulating life span of
what is 10 days P. 188 #266 in BOC
400
**********DAILY DOUBLE!******** 2X POINTS Platelet aggregation is dependent in vitro on the presence of?
What is calcium ions P. 193 #298 in BOC
400
**********DAILY DOUBLE!******** 2X POINTS This test looks at the platelet function NOT the platelet quantity
What is Bleeding Time P. 193 #297 in BOC
400
What is the additive in the blue top tube
What is sodium citrate?
400
**********DAILY DOUBLE!******** 2X POINTS A hemophiliac male and a normal female can produce a?
what is a female carrier P.197 #320 in BOC
400
cells involved in hemostasis are
what is thrombocytes
500
This is an inherited disease that many times is confused with the Hemophilias.
What is von Willebrands Dz.
500
IF the bleeding time is prolonged what test is normally ordered then
What is platelet aggregation or platelet function test?
500
You need to remember this when it comes to an aPTT (2 things)
What is making sure that there is a 1:9 ratio and that there is very little hemolysis.
500
**********DAILY DOUBLE!******** 2X POINTS D-dimers are produced from from
what is cross-linked and stabilized fibrin clot P.201 #348 in BOC
500
will a vitamin K deficiency give you a shortened or a prolonged aPTT?
what is prolonged aPTT
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