02: anemia

Question 1

1. when is an anemia called regenerative?
2. when is it called non-regenerative?

Answer 1

1. when reticulocyte count is higher than reference
2. when reticulocyte count not higher than reference

Question 2

1-7. What are 7 examples of regenerative anemias?

Answer 2

1. blood loss
2. iron def
3. hemolytic anemias
4. IMHA
5. RBC parasites
6. heinz body anemia
7. fragmentation anemia

Question 3

(blood loss anemia)

1. regen or no?
2. intially what?
3. later what?

Answer 3

1. both depending on time
2. normo, normo, non
3. regenerative - if enough reticulocytes macro, hypo, regen

Question 4

(Iron deficiency)

1. regen or no?
2. initially see what?
3. See what later (if iron exhausted)?

Answer 4

1. depends on time (regen initially, not later)
2. regenerative
3. micro, normo or micro, hypo

Question 5

(hemolytic anemias)

1. are hemoglobinemia/uria features or intra or extravascular hemolytic anemia?

Answer 5

1. intra

Question 6

(IMHA)

1. what RBC abnormality do you see?
2. what kind of leukogram do you see?

Answer 6

1. spherocytes
2. inflammatory leukogram

Question 7

(heinz body anemia)

1. what kind of damage?
2. may see what RBC morph?
3. some causes in dog/cat?
4. what animal can normally have 10% Heinz bodies?

Answer 7

1. oxidative
2. eccentrocytes
3. acetomenaphin, onion/garlic, zinc
4. cats

Question 8

(Non-Regenerative Anemias)

1. What five causes?

Answer 8

1. anemia of inflammation (of chronic dz) COMMON!
2. anemia of chronic renal failure
3. pure red cell aplasia
4. aplastic pancytopenia
5. bone marrow replacement (disruption of architecture)

Question 9

(anemia of inlammation)

1. see what?

Answer 9

1. normo, normo, non

Question 10

(anemia of chronic renal failure)

1. due to what?
2. how severe?
3. see what?

Answer 10

1. dec Epo production
2. mod to severe
3. normo, normo, non

Question 11

(pure red cell aplasia)

1. what can cause in cats?
2. how severe?

Answer 11

1. FeLV
2. severe

(only RBC lines affected)

Question 12

Bascially will see what in all non-regenative anemias?

Answer 12

normo, normo, non

Question 13

(aplastic pancytopenia)

1. see what?
2. marrow replaced by what?
3. affects what lines?

Answer 13

1. normo, normo, non
2. fat
3. can be bi or pan (platelets, neutrophils, RBC)

Question 14

(Erythrocytosis - Polycythemia)

recreate that chart

Answer 14