Coagulopathy (main)

Background

• Primary hemostasis: damage to endothelial basement membrane and formation of platelet plug
• Secondary hemostasis: coagulation cascade

Coagulation cascade

Clinical Features

• Spontaneous bleeding
• Bleeding out of proportion
• Swollen joints
• Epistaxis
• Bleeding gums
• Menometrorrhagia
• Easy bruising/petechiae
• Hematuria

Differential Diagnosis

Coagulopathy

Platelet Related

• Too few
  • Thrombocytopenia
• Nonfunctional
  • Aspirin
  • Von Willebrand disease

Factor Related

• Acquired (Drug Related)
  • Warfarin (Coumadin)
  • Unfractionated Heparin
  • Low Molecular Weight Heparin (Enoxaparin) (i.e. Lovenox)
• Illness induced
  • Vitamin K deficiency
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
  • Liver disease induced coagulopathy
  • Uremic bleeding syndrome
• Genetic
  • Hemophilia
  • Factor VIII inhibitor
  • Lupus anticoagulant

Increased Clotting

• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)

Managment

• Bleeding Treatments
• Procedures in patients with coagulopathies
• Anticoagulant reversal (known medications)
  • Warfarin (Coumadin) Reversal
  • Dabigatran (Pradaxa) Reversal
  • Rivaroxaban reversal
  • Unfractionated heparin reversal
• Anti-platelet agent reversal

See Also

• Transfusions
• Idarucizumab

References

Authors

Ross Donaldson, Jordan Swartz, Daniel Eggeman, Daniel Ostermayer, Neil Young