Blood And Anaemia Flashcards
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- How would you define nutritional anaemia
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2
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- Where do you find iron specifically?
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3
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- What is are haemoglobin equivalent in the muscle
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4
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- What is the storage protein for iron ?
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5
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- What is the pathway of iron ?
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6
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- What is the protein that transfers iron ?
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7
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- What happens to red blood cells over time and what is the organ that does that for us ?
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8
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- What protein recycles iron or red blood cells
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9
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- Why do we have to be careful when we intake iron
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10
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- Why is excess iron toxic ?
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11
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- How can iron be absorbed name two ways
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12
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- Describe how haem (“heem” ) is absorbed MOA
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13
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- What protein is used for iron to be exited eventually getting to the bone marrow
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14
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- What does transferrin do
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15
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- Describe how transferrin transfers iron to the necessary sites
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16
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- What are the causes of iron deficient anaemia
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Blood loss
Pregnancy
Malabsorption
Menstrual cycle
17
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- What are the risk factors when it comes to iron deficiency
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18
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- What is the protein that drives red blood production and where is it made
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EPO
Majority in the kidney
Some in the liver
19
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What is the pathophysiology of iron deficiency anemia
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20
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- What are the laboratory investigations that are need to be measured for anaemia & what are you looking for
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21
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What is EPO
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22
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What are some of the differential diagnosis of these haematology investigations
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23
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- What other test is needed in terms of biochemistry & what do they show
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24
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- What are the treatment for IDAs
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24. What are the characteristics of vitamin B12
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25. How is it absorbed and transported (b12)
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Describe the metabolic pathways of B12 and folate
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28. Summarise the causes of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency
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29. What are the clinical presentations for anaemia
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27. What are the characteristics of me Megaloblastic anaemia
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29. What are the clinical presentations for anaemia
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30. What are some of the epithelial changes associated with this
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31. What are some of the test for deficient of b12
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32. What do we see in the lab in terms of b12
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33. What are the reactive characteristics of bacterial and viral leukaemia
