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Adams Ch 27 - Drugs for Coagulation Disorders

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ANTICOAGULANT
AGENT THAT INHIBITS THE FORMATION OF BLOOD CLOTS
ANTITHROMBIN III
PROTEIN THAT PREVENTS ABNORMAL CLOTTING BY INHIBITING THROMBIN
CLOTTING FACTORS
SUBSTANCES CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROCESS OF BLOOD HEMOSTASIS
COAGULATION
PROCESS OF BLOOD CLOTTING
COAGULATION CASCADE
COMPLEX SERIES OF STEPS BY WHICH BLOOD FLOW STOPS
EMBOLUS
BLOOD CLOT CARRIED IN THE BLOOD STREAM
FIBRIN
AN INSOLUBLE PROTEIN FORMED FROM FIB
FIBRINOGEN
BLOOD PROTEIN THAT IS CONVERTED TO FIBRIN BY THE ACTION OF THROMBIN IN THE BLOOD COAGULATION PROCESS
FIBRINOLYSIS
REMOVAL OF A BLOOD CLOT
GLYCOPROTEIN LLB LLLA
ENZYME THAT BINDS FIBRINOGEN AND VON WILLEBRAND'S FACTOR TO BEGIN PLATELET AGGREGATION AND BLOOD COAGULATION
HEMOPHILIA
HEREDITARY LACK OF A SPECIFIC BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR
HEMOSTASIS
THE SLOWING OR STOPPING OF BLOOD FLOW
HEMOSTATICS
DRUG USED TO INHIBIT THE NORMAL REMOVAL OF FIBRIN, USED TO SPEED CLOT FORMATION, AND KEEP THE CLOT IN PLACE FOR A LONGER PERIOD
INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION
CONDITION CAUSED BY INSUFFICIENT BLOOD FLOW TO SKELETAL MUSCLES IN THE LOWER LIMBS, RESULTING IN ISCHEMIA OF SKELETAL MUSCLES AND SEVERE PAIN ON WALKING, ESPECIALLY IN CALF MUSCLES
LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARINS
DRUGS CLOSELY RESEMBLING HEPARIN THAT INHIBIT BLOOD CLOTTING
PLASMIN
ENZYME FORMED FROM PLASMINOGEN THAT DISSOLVES BLOOD CLOTS
PLASMINOGEN
PROTEIN THAT PREVENTS FIBRIN CLOT FORMATION; PRECURSOR OF PLASMIN
PROTHROMBIN
BLOOD PROTEIN THAT IS CONVERTED TO THROMBIN IN BLOOD COAGULATION
PROTHROMBIN ACTIVATOR
ENZYME IN THE COAGULATION CASCADE THAT CONVERTS PROTHROMBIN TO THROMBIN; ALSO CALLED PROTHROMBINASE
THROMBIN
ENZYME THAT CAUSES CLOTTING BY CATALYZING THE CONVERSION OF FIBRINOGEN TO FIBRIN
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF CIRCULATING PLATELETS
THROMBOEMBOLIC DISORDERS
CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE PATIENT DEVELOPS BLOOD CLOTS
THROMBOLYTICS
DRUG USED TO DISSOLVE EXISTING BLOOD CLOTS
THROMBUS
BLOOD CLOT OBSTRUCTING A VESSEL
TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR
NATURAL ENZYME AND A DRUG THAT DISSOLVES BLOOD CLOTS
VON WILLEBRANDS DISEASE
DECREASE IN QUANTITY OR QUALITY OF VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR, WHICH ACTS AS A CARRIER OF FACTOR VIII AND HAS A ROLE IN PLATELET AGGREGATION
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