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WhatmlabmtestingmresultsmaremindicativemofmDIC?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-ProthrombinmTimem(PT)
-partialmthroboplastinmtimem(PTT)
-ActivatedmPartialmThrompoplastinmTimem(aPTT)
-BleedingmTime
-ThrombinmTime
Decreasemlevels:m-Fibrogen
m -Platelets
m -ClotinemfactormII,mV,mVIII,m&mX
andmAntithrombinmIII
Themnursemismreviewingmthemlaboratorymtestmresultsmofmamchildmdiagnosedmwithmdisseminatedmintr
avascularmcoagulationm(DIC).mWhichmofmthemfollowingmwouldmthemnurseminterpretmasmindicativemof
mthismdisorder?
m
A)mShortenedmprothrombinmtimem
B)mIncreasedmfibrinogenmlevelm
C)mPositivemfibrinmsplitmproductsm
D)mIncreasedmplateletsm-mCORRECTmANSWERmC)mPositivemfibrinmsplitmproducts
,Themnursemismcaringmformampostpartummpatientmadmittedmtomthemintensivemcaremunitmwithmamdiagn
osismofmdisseminatedmintravascularmcoagulationm(DIC).mWhatmismthemdrugmofmchoicemtomtreatmthism
problem?
A.mHeparin
B.mUrokinase
C.mAspirin
D.mWarfarinm-mCORRECTmANSWERmA.)mHeparin
InmthemICU,mampostsurgicalmclientmhasmdevelopedmsepsismandmismbeingmtreatedmwithmmultiplemmed
ications.mDuringmthemmid-
morningmassessment,mwhichmfindingmleadsmthemnursemtomsuspectmthemclientmmaymbemdevelopingm
amcomplicationmcalledmdisseminatedmintravascularmcoagulationm(DIC)?mSelectmallmthatmapply.
A)mHeadachesmassociatedmwithmlightmsensitivity
B)mOozingmfrommallmpreviousmpuncturemandmintravenousmsites
C)mDecreasedmO2msaturationmandmdiminishedmbreathmsoundsminmlowermlobes
D)mHemorrhagemfrommthemsurgicalmsitemrequiringmdeepmpressuremdressings
E)mUrinemfrommthemFoleymcathetermismbloodym-
mCORRECTmANSWERmD)mHemorrhagemfrommthemsurgicalmsitemrequiringmdeepmpressuremdressings
Amhealthy,mprimiparousm(first-
time)mmothermdeliveredmamhealthyminfantmseveralmhoursmago,mbutmthemmothermhasmexperiencedm
postpartummhemorrhage.mWhichmofmthemfollowingmdisordersmismmostmlikelymtomunderliemthemclien
t'smexcessivembleedingmaftermdelivery?
A)mDisseminatedmintravascularmcoagulation
B)mHemophiliamA
,C)mVonmWillebrandmdisease
D)mThromboticmthrombocytopenicmpurpuram(TTP)m-
mCORRECTmANSWERmA)mDisseminatedmintravascularmcoagulation
WhatmismthemconceptmbehindmheparinmformPTmwithmDIC?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Itmpreventsmthemclottingmphasemfrommbeingmcompletedmwhichminhibitsmthembreakdownmofmfibrino
gen.
-
mItmalsomhelpsmavoidmhemorrhagembympreventingmthembodymfrommdepletingmentiremstagemofmcoagu
lationmfactors.
WhatmaremsomemacutemclinicalmmanifestationsmofmDIC?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Directlymrelatedmtombleedingmproblemsmsuchmas:
m Petechia,mPurpura,moozingmfrommpuncturemsitesmormseveremhemorrhaging.
HowmdoesmDICmhappenminmpostpartummhemorrhaging?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Tissuemfactorsmreleasedmfrommnecroticmplace/fetalmtissuemormamnioticmfluidmmymentermthemcirculat
ion,mincitingmDIC.
WhatmismamcommonmcausemofmDIC?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-Sepsis
AmpatientmwithmDICmismatmamhighermriskmformwhat?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-Deficientmfluidmvolume
Increasedmlevelsmofm____________,m_______________,m__________,mandm________________m
willmbemnotedminmDIC:m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Fibrinolycin,mfibrinopeptidemA,mpositivemfibrinmsplitmproductsmandmD-dimers.
DICmcanmoccurmsecondarymtomwhatmtypemofmconditions?mSelectmallmthatmapply:m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm-Abrupitoplacentem
, -Amnioticmfluidmembolism
-Endotoxinmsepsis
-Retainedmdeadmfetus
-Postmhemorrhagemshock
-Hydatidformmolem
-GynecologicmMalinganries
DICmcanmbemdecreasedmasmamlossmofmbalancembetweenmwhatmtwomactivities?m-
mCORRECTmANSWERm-Clotmformingmactivitymofmthrombin
-Clotmlysinmactivitymofmplasmin
WhatmaremsomemwaysmtomcombatmDIC?mSelectmallmthatmapply:m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Anticoagulationmtherapym(low-molecularmweightmheparin)
-PackedmRBCs
-Plateletmconcentrate
-Antithrombinmconcentrate
-NonclottingmProtein-mcontainingmvolumemwillmexpandmlike:mplasmamproteinmfractionmormalbumin
HowmdoesmHeparinmworkminmthemcirculatorymsystem?m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Inhibitsmthrombusmandmclotmproductionmbymblockingmthemconversionmofmprothrombinmtomthrombi
nm&mfibrogenmtomfibrin.
WhatmaremsomemadversemeffectsmofmHeparin?mSelectmallmthatmapply:m-mCORRECTmANSWERm-
Lossmofmhair
-Bruising
-Chills
-Fever