2. What is the difference between an anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic medication? Which of the following drug classes has the highest risk of life-threatening bleeding episodes?

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2. What is the difference between an anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic medication? Which of the following drug classes
has the highest risk of life-threatening bleeding episodes?
3. On the following diagram place the following laboratory tests as to which part of the clotting cascade they are addressing (you can
drag the shape to the area on the diagram):
Extrinsic Pathway
Intrinsic Pathway
Contact with
damaged blood
vessel
Tissue
APTT
damage
Activated
factor XII
Tissue
Factor XII
Factor
VI
factor (TF)
Activated
factor XI
-Factor XI
PT/INR
TF/factor VII
Activated
factor IX
Factor IX
com
Activated
factor X
Activated
factor X
Factor X
Factor X
Prothrombin
activator
Fibrinogen
Prothrombin
Thrombin
Fibrinogen ·
Fibrin
Activated
factor XIII
Factor XIII
Thrombin Time
Fibrin clot
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Transcribed Image Text:2. What is the difference between an anticoagulant, antiplatelet, and thrombolytic medication? Which of the following drug classes has the highest risk of life-threatening bleeding episodes? 3. On the following diagram place the following laboratory tests as to which part of the clotting cascade they are addressing (you can drag the shape to the area on the diagram): Extrinsic Pathway Intrinsic Pathway Contact with damaged blood vessel Tissue APTT damage Activated factor XII Tissue Factor XII Factor VI factor (TF) Activated factor XI -Factor XI PT/INR TF/factor VII Activated factor IX Factor IX com Activated factor X Activated factor X Factor X Factor X Prothrombin activator Fibrinogen Prothrombin Thrombin Fibrinogen · Fibrin Activated factor XIII Factor XIII Thrombin Time Fibrin clot Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Canada, a division of Reed Elsevier Canada, Ltd.
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