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NSG 222 Focused on Coagulation Drugs Exam Review Questions and A Level Marking Scheme Latest 2024/2025 Decreased neutrophils - correct answer Chemo, bone marrow failure Increased neutrophils - correct answer acute bacterial infection Bands - correct answer immature neutrophils Increased...

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NSG 222 Focused on Coagulation Drugs Exam
Review Questions and A Level Marking
Scheme Latest 2024/2025

Decreased neutrophils - correct answer Chemo, bone marrow failure


Increased neutrophils - correct answer acute bacterial infection


Bands - correct answer immature neutrophils


Increased bands - correct answer "Left shift"
Active bacterial infection


Bands- Critical value - correct answer >10%


Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) - correct answer total number of WBC's x
(percentage of neutrophils + bands)


Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) Decreased levels - correct answer Neutropenia


Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) critical value - correct answer <1000 - ISOLATION


Neutropenic precautions - correct answer immunocompromised, strict hand washing,
private room, no raw veggies/fruits, no flowers/plants


Platelets function - correct answer form temporary platelet plug at injury; helps seal
breaks in blood vessels


Platelets normal range - correct answer 150,000-350,000

,Decreased platelets - correct answer Leukemia, chemo, ITP
Patient cannot clot


Critically low platelet count - correct answer <50,000 uL


- <20,000 uL= RISK FOR SPONTANEOUS BLEEDING


GI BLEED S/S - correct answer Hematemesis
Black tarry stool


Increased platelet count - correct answer Malignancies


Critically high platelet count - correct answer >1,000,000 uL


Hemostasis - correct answer Clotting process


coagulation cascade - correct answer Vessel injury
Vessel spasm
Platelets adhere to injury site and aggregate to form plug
Insoluble fibrin strands form and coagulate


Factor X—> Prothrombin activator (prothrombinase) —> prothrombin—> thrombin—>
fibrinogen—> insoluble fibrin strands


Fibrinolysis - correct answer Breakdown and removal of a clot
Restore circulation


What dissolves clots? - correct answer Plasmin

, Our body can distinguish what clots need to stay or go!


tPA function - correct answer converts plasminogen to plasmin
Plasmin then dissolves clot by digesting fibrin strands


Thrombocytopenia - correct answer Low platelet level <150K


Venus thromboembolism (VTE) - correct answer Clot with inflammation of the vein
Occurs with venous stasis


Embolism - correct answer Clot that breaks off and moves through bloodtream
Can get stuck in microcirculation (usually legs)


Pulmonary embolism - correct answer Emergency!!!
Occlusion of pulmonary arteries
Cuts off blood supply to alveoli (where gas exchange occurs)


PE & DVT Risk factors - correct answer Immobility
Surgery
Pregnancy
Oral contraceptives
Older adults


S/S of PE - correct answer Extreme pain, anxiety, dyspnea

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