Unit Objectives - 1

Reading assignment:

Pages 703 - 718

Unit objectives:

1. Generalize the effect of aspirin on the cyclooxygenase pathway.

2. Describe the defect in each of the following disorders: storage pool disease, gray platelet syndrome, Glanzmann’s thrombastenia, and Bernard-Soulier syndrome.

3. Interpret the actions of antiplatelet agents on glycoprotein IIb-IIIa.

4. Explain the effects of paraproteins on platelet function.