Description : Superficial blood clot, and taking anticoagulants, surgery or not?
Last Answer : If you want a third opinion, I’d say ask a third surgeon?
Description : As thrombin generation proceeds, the body has natural anticoagulant systems opposing further thrombus formation. Natural anticoagulants include: a. Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) b. Antithrombin III c. Activated protein C d. Heparin cofactor II
Last Answer : Answer: b, c, d Just as thrombin generation is the key to coagulation, antithrombin III is the most central anticoagulant proteins. This glycoprotein binds to thrombin, preventing its removal of ... in the body. Therefore, TPA is part of the fibrinolytic system rather than a natural anticoagulant
Description : What are anticoagulants? What are the practical applications of anticoagulants, like heparin, in Medicine?
Last Answer : Anticoagulants are substances that block the clotting reactions and thus stop the coagulation process. Ordinarily there are anticoagulants circulating in the plasma since under normal conditions the ... the formation of thrombus inside blood vessels of patients facing increased thrombotic risk.
Description : Use of anticoagulants in acute myocardial infarction affords the following benefit(s): A. Reduces short-term mortality B. Prevents thrombus extension and subsequent attack C. Prevents venous thromboembolism D. All of the above
Last Answer : C. Prevents venous thromboembolism
Description : The most clear cut beneficial results are obtained in the use of anticoagulants for the following purpose: A. Prevention of recurrences of myocardial infarction B. Prevention of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism C. Cerebrovascular accident D. Retinal artery thrombosis
Last Answer : A. Prevention of recurrences of myocardial infarction
Description : The following statements are true of oral anticoagulants except: A. They interfere with an early step in the synthesis of clotting factors B. Irrespective of the dose administered, their ... dose is adjusted by repeated measurement of prothrombin time D. They are contraindicated during pregnancy
Last Answer : A. They interfere with an early step in the synthesis of clotting factors
Description : The dose of the following class of drugs has to be adjusted by repeated measurement of the affected physiological parameter: A. Oral contraceptives B. Antiepileptics C. Antidepressants D. Oral anticoagulants
Last Answer : D. Oral anticoagulants