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[LAB] Hemostasis Lab Testing (Part 2) Flashcards

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What test is designed to detect qualitative platelet abnormalities and is used on patients with symptoms of mucocutaneous bleeding?

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Platelet function test

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How much platelet count indicates the presence of bleeding symptoms?

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> 50,000/µL

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  • “obsolete”
  • original test of platelet function
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Bleeding time

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Reference interval of bleeding time.

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2-9min.

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What affects the bleeding time procedure?

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  • intracapillary pressure
  • skin thickness
  • size and depth of the wound
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  • high complexity test
  • used to detect platelet adhesion, aggregation, and secretion
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platelet aggregometry

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How much PRP will you add to the cuvette in the platelet aggregometry procedure?

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500µL

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How many minutes will you incubate the PRP in platelet aggregometry at 37℃?

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5min.

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True or False.

As platelet aggregates form, more light passes through the PRP.

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True (↑ light transmittance)

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What is the principle used in whole blood platelet aggregometry?

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electric impedance

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What is the principle used in PRP platelet aggregometry?

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light-transmittance

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What is the dilution ratio for specimen and normal saline on whole blood platelet aggregometry?

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1:1

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Suspension volume range used on whole blood platelet aggregometry.

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300-500µL

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True or False.

The rise in impedance is directly proportional to platelet aggregation.

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True

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What happens when platelets adhere to the electrodes and one another during aggregation on whole blood platelet aggregometry?

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it will impede the current

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What aggregometry is used for the simultaneous measurement of platelet aggregation and secretion of ATP from activated platelet granules?

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Platelet lumiaggregometry

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How many aliquots of the sample will you use in platelet lumiaggregometry?

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2 aliquots

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What will you add to the first sample during platelet lumiaggregometry?

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ATP and luciferin-luciferase

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What will you add to the second sample during platelet lumiaggregometry?

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agonist and luciferin-luciferase

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Identify the VWF Assay.

  • reflect VWF activity rather than concentration and offer improved precision when compared to the VWF: Rco
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Manual ELISA

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Identify the VWF Assay.

  • uses monoclonal antibody specific for an active VWF epitope
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VWF activity immunoassay

22
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Identify the VWF Assay.

  • mimics VWF’s in vivo collagen adhesion property
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VWF collagen binding assay

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  • Aggregation assay that measures platelet activation and secretion induced by HIT Ab in the presence of heparin.
  • reference and confirmatory method for HIT
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carbon 14 serotonin release assay (C-SRA)

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What is the agonist used in aggregation-based tests?

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Unfractionated heparin (UFH)

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What indicates the ↑ plasma level in PF4?
thrombotic stroke or coronary thrombosis
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What is used in PF4 immunoassays to prevent in vitro platelet activation?
CTAD tubes
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Identify the platelet activation marker. - an active product of the eicosanoid pathway
thromboxane A2
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Identify the platelet activation marker. - stable, measurable plasma metabolite from Thromboxane A2
Thromboxane B2
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Identify the platelet activation marker. - used to characterize in vivo platelet activation - uses a random urine sample - maybe used to monitor aspirin therapy and to identify cases of aspirin therapy failure
11-dehydrothromboxane B2
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What is the first in vitro clot procedure?
Lee-White whole blood coagulation time test
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What is modified version of Lee-White procedure that uses a particulate clot activator in the test tube that speeds the clotting process?
Activated clotting time (ACT) test
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What test is used as a point-of-care assay to monitor UFH therapy in high-dose applications?
Activated clotting time (ACT) test
33
Enumerate the components of PT reagents (thromboplastin).
- affinity-purified tissue factor - phospholipids - buffered 0.025M calcium chloride (CaCl2)
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What is the specimen used for prothrombin time assay?
platelet-poor plasma (PPP)
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The volume of PPP used in PT assay.
50 or 100mL
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Premeasured volume of reagent used in PT assay.
100 or 200mL
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PT reference range.
12.6-14.6 seconds
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True or False. Reporting PT assays should be at nearest tenth of second.
True
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- used to monitor the effects of UFH - detect LAC-specific coagulation factor antibodies
Partial Thromboplastin Time
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Enumerate PTT reagent components.
- phospholipid - negatively charged particulate activators
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Reference interval of PTT.
26-38 seconds
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Typical therapeutic range when monitoring heparin therapy with PTT.
60-100 seconds
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Identify the anticoagulant. - nonspecific inhibitor used in PTT mixing studies. - signals a potential thrombotic risk
Lupus anticoagulant
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What assay uses the principle whereby it cleaves fibrinopeptides A and B from plasma fibrinogen to form detectable fibrin polymer?
Thrombin Clotting time
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How much thrombin is transferred into the PPP aliquot during thrombin clotting time?
200mL
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Reference interval for thrombin clotting time.
15-20 seconds
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- isolated from the venom of Bothrops atrox - catalyzes the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin
Reptilase
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Reptilase only cleaves _____ from the ends of the fibrinogen molecule.
fibrinopeptide A
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- an assay that is useful for detecting hypofibrinogenemia and dysfibrinogenemia
Reptilase time assay
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- from the Daboia russelii viper that triggers factor X - "Stypven time"
Russell Viper Venom

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