anaemia Flashcards

1
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anaemia?

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reduced total red cell mass

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2
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assuming steady state normal ranges are:

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adult males Hb

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3
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what is haematocrit?

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ratio of the whole blood that is red blood cells if it were left to settle

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4
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ie haematocrit of 0.5 means that half of the whole blood is made up of red blood cells

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in some situations, hb/haematocrit is not a good marker of anaemia

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5
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after a rapid bleed, blood volume could be the same, but plasma expansion has occurred to make up the lost volue i.e. haematocrit would be reduced

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also IV fluids results in an increased plasma volume

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6
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response to anaemia?

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increase red cell production, peripheral blood reticulocytosis

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7
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probapo - o - reticulocyte mature RBC

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pronormoblast, basophilic normoblast, polychromatophilic/intermediate normoblast, orthochromatic/late normoblast. retic, RBC

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reticulocytes

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red cells that have just left the bone marrow, larger than average rbcs, have remnants of RNA, stain purple/deep red as a consequence. blood film appears polychromatic

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9
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up regulation of reticulocytes by the bone marrow in response to anaemia may take?

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a few days

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10
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what does polychromasia result from?

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residual rna in the cell which gives the classic blue/grey appearance with classic stains

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11
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if mcv is low, consider problems with?

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haemoglobinisation

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12
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if mcv is high, consider problems with maturation

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haemoglobin synthesis occurs in the cytoplasm. defects result in small cells

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shortage in globins, haem (porphyrin ring or iron) results in ?

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small cels with a low hb content

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14
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they are small and lacking in colour

A

y

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15
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hypochromic, michrocytic anaeia =

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defective haeomglobin synthesis:cytoplasmic defect

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16
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causes of microcytic anaemia?

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iron deficiency, thalassaemia (globin defiency). some cases of anaemia from chronic disease

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17
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iron can exist in what states?

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fe2 plus or fe 3 plus

18
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in chronic disease, there is enough iron but not enough available iron

19
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why is iron potentially toxic?

A

it generates free radicals

20
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iron is also essential for electro transport (mitochondrial production of ATP)

21
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when fully saturated, 1g of Hb will bind ______ml 02?

22
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how much iron is absorbed into body each day?

23
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circulating iron is bound to transferrin, it is transferred to the bone marrow macrophages that feed it to red cell precursors

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iron is stored in ferritin mainly in the liver

24
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how many binding sites does transferrin have for iron?

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transports iron from donor tissues (macrophages, intestinal cells and hepatocytes) to tissues expressing transferring receptors
y
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what does percentage saturation of transferrin with iron measure?
iron supply
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large intracellular protein, store up to 4000 ferric ions
ferritin
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ferritin in serum?
tiny amount
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serum ferritin?
reflects intracellular ferritin synthesis in response to the iron status of the host
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serum ferritin is an easily measured indirect measure of ?
storage iron
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iron deficiency can be confirmed by a combination of a microcytic, hypo chromic anaemia (decreased functional iron) and reduced storage iron (low serum ferritin)
y
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causes of iron deficiency?
diet, RELATIVE DEFICIECNY, ABSOLUTE deficiency, bleeding (usually GI), not absorbing enough...relatively uncommon - malabsorption (coeliac and achlorhydria)
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what is a relative deficiency?
ir pregnant woman
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absolute?
vegetarian diet
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causes of chronic blood loss leading to low iron?
monorrhagia, GI (TUMOURS, ULCERS, nsaids) | haematuria
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sequential consequences of negative iron balance?
exhaustion of iron stories, iron deficient erythropoiesis (falling MCV), anaemia, epithelial changes (skin, koilonychia)
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remember a small volume of GI blood loss can occur without any symptoms or signs of bleeding
this can outstrip the maximum dietary iron absorption of iron and result in anaemia
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how can iron absorption be increased?
iron supplements
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iron deficiency anaemia requires?
investigation for an underlying cause
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anaemia with high reticulocyte count?
bleeding or haemolysis