NSG 210 Module #2 Clotting Exam Questions With Correct Answers
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NSG 210
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NSG 210
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...
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.
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
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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