Anemia

Question 1

sxs of anemia?

Answer 1

weakenss, SOB, pale, HYPERDYNAMIC (Tachy + Tachypnea)

Question 2

Chronic amemia is due to

Answer 2

ERDS, LUPUS, hemolysis

Question 3

MC anemia is?

Answer 3

Fe, Low Fe, Low ferritin, HIGH TIBC

Question 4

Angular stomatitis is what and associated with?

Answer 4

Cracking of mouth corners, painful.

Fe Anemia -

Question 5

Kolioonkylosis is? assocaited?

Answer 5

Nail spooning + Fe anemia

Question 6

Normal Hemoglobin is?

Answer 6

14 and up

Question 7

Fe amenia tx?

Answer 7

Ferrous sulfate, Blood transfusion (<8)

Question 8

If its not clinically obvious, you need to do what in an anemic patient?

Answer 8

Colonoscopy

Question 9

Mediterranean people are associated with?

Answer 9

Thalassemia

Question 10

Square or rhoboid RBC (poikolocytes - strange shape) is?

Answer 10

Thalassemia

Question 11

Thalassemia labs?

Answer 11

50s MCV (very very small), low Hgb

Question 12

Thalassemia tx?

Answer 12

Blood transfusion, Iron Chelation, Splenectomy, Bone marrow transplant.

Question 13

Basophilic stippling is?

Answer 13

Lead poisoning -kids with pika

Question 14

Sideroblastosis is?

Answer 14

Alcoholic anemia

Question 15

Hemolytic anemias are?

Answer 15

Sickle cell and G6PD

Question 16

High ferratin is associated with

Answer 16

Chronic anemia Normocytic.

Question 17

scythe or sickled cells will show what in a smear?

Answer 17

Sickled cells and RBC with nuceii due to having to compensate.

Question 18

High biliruben and LDH with low Haptoglobin and Jaundice is

Answer 18

sickle cell

Question 19

Anemia + jaundice is always

Answer 19

Hemolysis

Question 20

Vaso-occlusion, sickle cell crisis sxs?

Answer 20

PAIN, praipism, stroke

Question 21

Sickle cell crisis tx?

Answer 21

IVF + Pain + hydroxyurea (increases fetalhemoglobin) + transfusion

Question 22

Parvo 19 amenia and splenic sequestration is?

Answer 22

Sickle cell crisis

Question 23

Worst sickle cell crisis is?

Answer 23

Acute chest syndrome

Question 24

Fava beans, sulfas, Nitrofurantoins, dapsone can trigger what disease?

Answer 24

G6PD

Question 25

Chloroqiun, Primaquin, Methylene blue oxidize and are CI in?

Answer 25

G6PD

Question 26

when all cell lines are down, diag? tx?

Answer 26

Aplastic anemia.

Immuno supressant - marrow transplant.

Question 27

Megaloblastic anemia are

Answer 27

B12 and folate

Question 28

Anemia + neuro sxs is?

Answer 28

B12 - sensory and motor

Question 29

B12 sxs?

Answer 29

Stock in gloves - Nonreverable - degen spinal cord

Question 30

A cause of B12 anemia is?

Answer 30

Pernicious - old white females - atropic gastritis - cant absorb B12

Question 31

B12 diag?

Answer 31

Schilling test

Question 32

B12 tx?

Answer 32

B12 supplement

Question 33

Folate deciciency is just anemia aka - hypersegmented neutrophils 2nd to?

Answer 33

Etoh - folate is also with PMNs. Tea and toast diet.