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NSG 210 Module #2 Clotting Exam Questions With Correct Answers Hemophilia - answerFactor 8 deficiency Represents a group of inherited bleeding disorders caused by a gene mutation leading to the absence of or ineffective production of clotting protein factors. The severity of the condition is d...

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NSG 210 Module #2 Clotting Exam
Questions With Correct Answers


Hemophilia - answer✔✔Factor 8 deficiency


Represents a group of inherited bleeding disorders caused by a gene mutation leading to the
absence of or ineffective production of clotting protein factors. The severity of the condition is
determined by the level of clotting factor.


The two most common types of hemophilia are:
1) factor VIII deficiency (hemophilia A) 2) factor IX deficiency (hemophilia B)


This genetic recessive disorder of the X chromosome affect only males, although females can be
carriers of the hemophilia gene.


It is estimated that approximately 20,000 males in the United States have hemophilia, accounting
for approximately 1 in every 5000 male births

What blocks vitamin K? - answer✔✔Warfarin (Coumadin, Marevan)

Embolism - answer✔✔A thrombus that has broken loose and is traveling.

Thrombus - answer✔✔blood clot, stationary it is adhered or stuck.


How much does it impede perfusion; causes edema.

Cell death occurs after: - answer✔✔20 mins, irreversible can not recover.

Thrombocytopenia - answer✔✔low platelet count (under 100,000)

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- heparin therapy can cause low platelets (heparin induced thrombocytopenia HIT)

Polycythemia - answer✔✔Excess of red blood cells.


- thickens blood, impedes perfusion

Ecchymosis - answer✔✔bruise


- damage to tissue from trauma

Petechiae - answer✔✔small, pinpoint hemorrhages


- from capillaries

Purpura - answer✔✔multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin
(bigger than petechiae)


- from capillaries

Hemarthrosis - answer✔✔blood in a joint


results in warmth, redness, edema, and severe pain of affected joints followed by decreased joint
range of motion.

cardiac tamponade - answer✔✔acute compression of the heart caused by fluid accumulation in
the pericardial cavity


- trauma to the chest can cause

Systemic Clotting Problems - answer✔✔Problem extends to entire body; is usually the result of
a significant hematological event


EXAMPLES:
- DIC
- HELLP

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- Thrombocytopenia


Systemic:
- Ecchymosis, petechiae, purpura
- Frequent nosebleeds
- Blood in stool, urine, emesis
- Bleeding gums
- Bleeding within joints
- Excessive menstrual bleeding

Localized Clotting Problems - answer✔✔Problem is localized; is usually a problem in a vein or
an artery, either injury to a vessel or a clot within a vessel


EXAMPLES:
- Acute factors
- Chronic factors


Localized:
- Bleeding or ecchymosis at injury site
- Bleeding at surgical site
- Intracranial bleeding

Hematoma - answer✔✔a solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues.

Epistaxis - answer✔✔nosebleed

Hemotemesis - answer✔✔vomiting of blood

Melaena - answer✔✔Secretion of blood with excrement

Metrorrhagia - answer✔✔Bleeding from uterus

venous clots - answer✔✔made of fibrin, formed by stasis. cause DVTs and PEs

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*easier to develop


Pulmonary embolism (PE)
- shortness of breath
- chest pain
- cough
- bloody sputum


Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- swelling
- pain
-warmth
- blue-purple discoloration
- prop legs up

arterial blockage - answer✔✔- Anorexic cell death - loss of pulse
- want to hang foot


Stroke:
- Symptoms last less than 24 hours = TIA = ministroke
- Symptoms last more than 24 hours = stroke


Heart Attack:
- Myocardial infarction (MI)


Peripheral arterial clot:
- Gangrene
- Extremity is: painful, cold, white/pale, later black

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