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Question 1

What are the 2 types of erythrocyte disorders?

Answer 1

anemia and polycythemia

Question 2

What are the subgroups of anemia?

Answer 2

relative (disturbances in the regulation of plasma volume) and absolute (actual decrease in number of RBCs)

Question 3

Which 6 adaptations influence anemia?

Answer 3

1. severity
   2 pulmonary and cardiac system competence
2. duration
3. underlying disease or condition
4. oxygen requirements
5. presence and severity of coexisting disease

Question 4

Aplastic anemia

Answer 4

a stem cell disorder that is characterized by a reduction of hematopoietic tissue in the bone marrow

Question 5

Describe the 2 types of aplastic anemia

Answer 5

Acquired- caused by physical and chemical agents and viral infections
Familial- panctyopenia , pancreatic deficiency in children

Question 6

Nurse K think John has aplastic anemia what does she observe on the blood test? other tests?

Answer 6

low RBC, WBC, and platelets

other test include coagulation test and bone marrow biopsy

Question 7

How is aplastic anemia treated?

Answer 7

bone marrow transplant if not aplastic anemia is fatal

Question 8

Anemia of Chronic Renal Failure

Answer 8

failure of the renal endocrine function (impairs EPO production, bone marrow production, and blood loss)

Question 9

How is anemia of chronic renal failure seen in a blood test?

Answer 9

decreased RBC count, low Hb, and Hematocrit values

Question 10

Mean corpuscular volume (MCV)

Answer 10

average size of RBC

Question 11

Mean corpuscular Hb (MCH)

Answer 11

average mass of hemoglobin in the RBC

Question 12

Mean corpuscular Hb concentration (MCHC)

Answer 12

average concentration of hemoglobin in the RBC

Question 13

What are the levels of MCV, MCH, & MCHC in anemia of chronic renal failure?

Answer 13

all are normal