| A | B |
| anticoagulant | drug that interferes with clotting |
| Papaverine | antispasmodic used with Heparin |
| Protamine Sulfate | antagonist for Heparin |
| Protamine sulfate alone | by itself is anticoagulant |
| concentrations for Heparin | 10u, 100u, 5,000u, 10,000 and 20,0000u/ml |
| Enoxaparin (Lovenox) | Short acting anticoagulant use as prophylaxis |
| Oral anticoagulant | used for long term management of thrombus formation |
| warfarin (Coumadin) action | inhibits Vitamin K in liver |
| Vitamin K | antagonist for Warfarin (Coumadin) |
| PT - Prothrombin time | used to monitor Warfarin |
| PTT - Partial thromboplastin time | Used to monitor Heparin |
| Side effects of anticoagulants | bruising, epistaxis, hematuria, bleeding |
| anticoagulant medical use | prevent enlargement of clots |
| prophylactic use of anticoagulant | prevent thrombus from stasis |
| surgical procedure using Heparin | peripheral vascular surgery |
| Irrigation anticoagulation mixture | 5,000u in 250ml of saline |
| Peripheral vascular use of Heparin Irrigation | used in lumens of blood vessels / shunts |
| Embolectomy | removal of clot from artery |
| extracorporeal circulation | heart lung bypass |
| time of action of Heparin | IV is immediately |
| INR - International Normalized Ratio | Comparison of control to Patient PT |
| 1 week preop | time before surgery to discontinue Warfarin |
| Antithrombotic | drug that inhibitis platelet aggregation |
| Aspirin | antithrombotic drug |
| TIA- Transient Ischemic Attack | mini stroke |
| MI - myocardial infarction | heart attack |
| Acute conditions and Aspirin | Chest pain or stroke |
| ASA | Aspirin |
| 8 to 10 days | time to reverse effect of Aspirin |
| NASAID | non steroidal antiinflammatory drug |
| Thrombolytic | drugs used to dissolve thrombus |
| thrombolytic drugs | TPA, Streptokinaise, Urokinaise |
| Animocaproic Acid (Amicar) | reverses action of thrombolytics |
| thrombolytic drug concern | bleeding from other sites |
| thrombolytic drug action | Activates plamin to digest fibrin |