NURS 5165 - Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm Study Guide.

NURS 5165 - Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm Study Guide/NURS 5165 - Advanced Pathophysiology Midterm Study Guide. Purpura- blood vessels burst and blood pools under skin, resulting in spots (indicate blood clotting disorder). Seen in leukemia Petechiae are pinpoint, round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding (appears red, brown or purple) appears in clusters and looks like a rash (sepsis, thromboycytopenia, leukemia) What are the types of plasma proteins/ How are they distributed in the body? Plasma protens (50-55% of blood volume)- functions: clotting, defense, transport, regulation. o Albumin- serves as a carrier molecule for normal components of blood as well as drugs that have low solubility in water, control plasma oncontic pressure. These molecules are large and do not diffuse freely through the vascular endothelium o Globulins- carrier protens and immunoglobins (Ig) (antibodies), primarly IgG o Clotting factors- fibrogen, stops bleeding