HEMOPHILIA Flashcards
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Congenital single-factor deficiencies marked
by anatomic soft tissue bleeding.
Hemophilias
Second to VWD in prevalence among congenital bleeding disorders
Hemophilias
Hemophilias prevalence:
1:8000; mostly males
Distribution (percentage) of hemophilia (VIII, IX, and other factors)
85%, 14%, 1%
Other name for FACTOR VIII DEFIENCY
Classic Hemophilia or Hemophilia A
Factor VII STRUCTURE
Two chain, 285,000 Dalton protein translated from the X CHROMOSOME
VIIIa/IXa complex (other name)
Tenase complex (activates coagulation factor X at a rate 10,000 times faster than free factor IXa can cleave
factor X)
Factor VIII Deficiency effect to thrombin production
Slows the coagulation pathway’s production of thrombin and leads to hemorrhage.
Labile factors
Factor V and VIII
Preservative used in the blood collected
citrate-dextrose-phosphate (provides 30-50 units/dl F8 activity after 28 days storage)
Gene for FVIII
186 kilobases of the X chromosome
Male hemizygotes, whose sole X chromosome contains a FVIII gene mutation
experience anatomic bleeding (female carriers do not)
Chances of hemophilia a if (Female carrier + Unaffected man)
25% chance of a normal daughter
25%
chance of a carrier daughter
25% chance of a normal son
25% chance of a hemophilic son
Hemophilia A inheritance if (Hemophiliac man + non-carrrier woman)
All sons= Normal
All daughters= Obligate carriers
30% of newly diagnosis of hemophilia arise as a result of
Spontaneous Germline Mutation
May mimic hemophilia A in males and females
VWD of the Normandy (2N) subtype
Clinical manifestations of Hemophilia A
Anatomic bleeds with deep muscle and joint hemorrhage
Hematomas
Wound oozing
Bleeding (CNS and organs)
Abnormal bleeding in neonatal period appear as
easy bruising, bleeding from the umbilical stump, postcircumcision bleeding, hematuria, or intracranial bleeding
Severe hemophilia time of diagnosis
First year of life
PT, PTT, and (1972) IX, X, VII, II results of an infant
Low (FVIII levels are similar to adults)
Relationship of severity of Hemophilia A to FVIII activity
Inversely proportional
FVIII activity less than 1 unit/dl
Severe (spontaneous or exaggerated bleeding in the neonatal period)
Activity levels 1-5 units/dl
Moderate Hemophilia (early childhood)
FVIII activity 5-40 units/dl
Mild Hemophilia (significant trauma)