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Approach to anaemia 2 Flashcards

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What are the 3 main methods of treatment for IMHA?

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Treat underlying disease
Immunosuppression (in some cases)
Supportive therapy

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Is immunotherapy required for primary or secondary IMHA?

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Primary

Sometimes secondary

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Should the dose of immunosuppression be high or low for treating IMHA?

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Start high and gradually reduce
2 weeks between each reduction
(May be taking for months, or up to life)

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4
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What supportive therapies may be given for IMHA?

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Oxygen
Fluids
Drugs that reduce platelet activation and the coagulation cascade
Blood transfusion

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Does oxygen have much benefit as a supportive treatment for IMHA? Why?

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No - requires RBCs to carry the oxygen

May help if pulmonary thromboembolism

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Why is fluid therapy an important aspect of IMHA supportive treatment?

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Maintains renal and hepatic perfusion

Especially important if intravascular haemolysis

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What should you be careful with when using IVFT for supportive IMHA treatment?

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Careful not to overload volume

Patients aren’t usually hypovolaemic - just aiming to dilute the haem in blood

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What is a serious complication of IMHA? (think due to agglutination)

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Thromboembolisms

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How can the risk of thromboembolisms (with IMHA) be reduced?

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Aspirin and clopidogrel - reduce platelet activation

Heparin and low molecular weight heparin - reduce XS coagulation cascade

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Why are blood transfusions controversial for treating IMHA?

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May cause even more increased RBC destruction
Risk of pulmonary thromboembolism
Transfused RBCs have short lifespan

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Give examples of drugs that may be used to treat idiopathic/primary IMHA

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Corticosteroids - prednisolone, dexmethasone
Cytotoxics - azathioprine (dogs), mycophenolate mofetil (cats)
Cyclosporin

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When might corticosteroids (prednisolone, dexamethasone) be used to treat IMHA? What are side effects?

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Emergencies
Anorexic patients

PUPD, GI signs, long term use damage organs

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Azathioprine is a cytotoxic drug that is the drug of choice to treat IMHA in dogs. Would you use it alone? What are the side effects?

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Delayed onset of action -use in combination with prednisolone
Myelodepression, GI effects

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Azathioprine is a cytotoxic drug that is the drug of choice to treat IMHA in dogs. Can it be used in cats? What should be given?

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Not suitable for cats

Use mycophenolate mofetil

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What surgical treatment may be considered for treating idiopathic/primary IMHA?

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Splenectomy

Make sure not infected with vector borne diseases - worsens condition

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What is neonatal isoerythrolysis?

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Specific type of IMHA

Neonatal RBCs destroyed by maternal antibodies

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Neonatal isoerythrolysis is rare in puppies and kittens. What can cause it?

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If mother has different blood type to puppies

Maternal antibodies destroy neonatal RBCs

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Neonatal isoerythrolysis can occur in kittens with what blood type? What is the mothers blood type?

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Type A or AB kittens

Born to a B queen

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What breed of cat is prone to neonatal isoerythrolysis?

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British shorthair

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20
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Can you give a cat any blood type?

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NO

Never give a type B cat type A blood

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How can the risk of neonatal isoerythrolysis be reduced?

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Avoid mating B queens with A/AB toms

Foster kittens for first 24 hrs - give milk from queen with same blood type

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22
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Mycoplasmosis causes what type of anaemia?

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Regenerative anaemia (non-regenerative if associated with FeLV/FIV)
Due to haemolysis (mostly IMHA)
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23
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What organism causes mycoplasmosis in cats

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Mycoplasma haemofelis

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24
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How can mycoplasmosis in cats be diagnosed?

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PCR

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Can a cat be treated for mycoplasmosis?

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Treatment with doxycycline or prednisolone BUT

Once infected infected for life

26
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What is microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia?

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Type of anaemia caused by mechanical damage to RBCs

27
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Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia is due to mechanical damage of RBCs. What may cause this?

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Altered vasculature e.g. haemangiosarcoma
Fibrin nets (DIC)
Glomerulonephritis
Vascular anomalies/congenital heart defects

28
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What RBC abnormalities are found with microangiopathic haemolytic?

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Shistocytes

Acanthocytes

29
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What is intrinsic haemolytic anaemia?

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Rare inherited metabolic defects

Leads to RBC membrane instability and defects

30
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What are shistocytes?

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Fragments of RBCs

31
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What conditions are associated with shistocytes?

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Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and their causes
DIC
Glomerulonephritis 
Neoplasia
Vascular anomalies/congenital defects
32
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What are acanthocytes?

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RBCs with unevenly spaced projections (vary in length)

33
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What conditions are associated with acanthocytes?

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Microangiopathic haemolytic aanaemia
Liver disease
Lymphoma
Spleen disorders
High cholesterol diets and cholesterol metabolism abnormalities
34
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Which RBC abnormality can be associated with cholesterol metabolism and high cholesterol diets?

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Acanthocytes

35
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What are Heinz bodies? What are they aggregates of?

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Round, pale inclusion on surface of RBC membrane

Denatured haemoglobin

36
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What causes Heinz body anaemia?

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Oxidative damage 
(Extravascular or intravascular haemolysis)
37
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What stain highlights Heinz bodies?

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New Methylene blue

38
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What can oxidative injury result in (in terms of haematology)?

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Non immediate cell destruction:
Methaemoglobinaemia
Heinz body formation
RBC membrane oxidation - fragile membrane - phagocytose by macrophages

39
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Oxidative injury causes non-immune mediated RBC destruction. What is the treatment for this?

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Remove what is causing the oxidation

Supportive care

40
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How can non-regenerative anaemia be distinguished from regenerative anaemia on a blood smear?

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Non-Regenerative anaemia has absence of reticulocytes

41
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What are some examples of non-regenerative anaemia?

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Primary bone marrow disease
Lack of erythropoietin (due to kidney disease)
Other diseases affecting bone marrow function

42
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Intramarrow disease causes a type of non-regenerative anaemia. How is it diagnosed?

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Bone marrow sample

43
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Intramarrow disease has many causes. Give some examples of these

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Idiosyncratic drug reactions (many drugs)
Oetrogen toxicity
Pure red cell aplasia
Aplastic anaemia
Myelofibrosis
Myelodisplastic syndromes
44
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Intramarrow disease can be due to oestrogen toxicity. Give examples of what can cause oestrogen toxicity

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Exogenous oestrogen (drugs) 
Endogenous oestrogen e.g. Sertoli cell tumours
45
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What are the symptoms/clinical findings of oestrogen toxicity?

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Tumours 
Intramarrow disease
Pancytopenia
Thrombocytopenia
Neutrophilia then neutropenia 
Anaemia
46
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How is oestrogen toxicity treated?

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Antibiotics
Transfusions
Remove neoplasms

47
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What is the prognosis for oestrogen toxicity?

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Very poor - majority die

48
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Intra marrow disease can be due to pure red cell aplasia. What is this and what is likely to cause it?

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No erythroid precursors in the bone marrow

Immune mediated

49
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What is the treatment for pure red cell aplasia?

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Remove cause
Transfusions
Immunosuppressive therapy

50
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Intra marrow disease can be due to aplastic anaemia. Which cells are affected? what is the treatment?

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All blood cells affected

Supportive

51
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Intramarrow disease can be due to myelofibrosis. What is myelofibrosis?

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Proliferation of collagen and reticulin fibres in the bone marrow

52
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What causes myelofibrosis - is it primary or secondary?

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Secondary to damage of marrow stroma, retroviral infections, can be idiopathic

53
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What is the treatment for myelofibrosis?

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Transfusion
Immunosuppression
Anabolic steroids

54
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Anaemia of chronic disease is a common disease AKA anaemia of chronic inflammation. What type of anaemia does this cause?

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Normocytic 
Normochromic
Non-regenerative anaemia
Usually mild
(No specific therapy - resolve underlying disease)
55
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Anaemia of chronic disease causes normocytic, normochromic, non-regenerative anaemia. What causes this disease?

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Decreased erythropoietin production

Leads to reduced RBC survival, reduced erythropoiesis and haemorrhage

56
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What is the treatment for anaemia of chronic kidney disease?

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Increased erythropoietin concentration

Minimise blood loss

57
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Give examples of 2 feline retroviruses that can cause anaemia

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FeLV

FIV

58
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What type of anaemia do FeLV and FIV usually cause - regenerative or not?

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Non-regenerative anaemia

59
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FeLV can occasionally cause macrocytic anaemia. What are some of the mechanisms in which FeLV can cause anaemia?

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Red cell aplasia
Aplastic anaemia
Anaemia of chronic disease
Myelodysplasia
Acute leukaemia
60
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FIV causes non-regenerative anaemia. Which blood cells are usually more affected?

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Granulocytes

Eosinophil, basophil, neutrophil

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