44: B-Thalassemia - Mahoney Flashcards
what components are you concerned with in a CBC for anemia?
Hgb
MCV
what component defines anemia?
low Hgb
MCV tells you?
how big the RBCs are
alpha thalassemia has decreased ______
alpha chains
beta has decreased beta chains
thalassemias = mutations partially or completely inactivae production of a globin chain leading to imbalance in ration of alpha and beta chains
microcytic anemias
ISAT
iron deficiency
sideroblastic anemia
anemia of chronic disorder
thalassemia
normocytic anemias
IN A HAM
infiltrative bone marrow disorder nutritional anemia anemia of chronic disorder hemolytic anemia anemia of renal insufficiency myelodysplastic anemia
macrocytic anemias
DAMN
drugs (metformin)
alcohol
malabsorption syndrome
nutritional anemia
iron deficiency
microcytic anemia
most common anemia in human population
sideroblastic anemia
microcytic anemia
rare
anemia of chronic disorder
microcytic of normocytic anemia
thalassemia
microcytic
infiltrative bone marrow disorder
normocytic
nutritional anemia
normocytic or macrocytic
hemolytic anemia
normocytic
anemia of renal insufficiecny
normocytic
