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Blood MDT Flashcards

1
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Congenital anemia is suggested from the patient’s what?

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Personal and family hx

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Poor diet may result in which deficiencies?

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  • Folic acid
  • Iron
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What is a more common cause of iron deficiency in adults?

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Bleeding

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What hematocrit level defines anemia in males and females?

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Males= <41%(hgb 13.5 g/dL)
Females = <37% (hgb 12g/dL)

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Physical sx of anemia

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Mucosal changes such as smooth tongue

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What labs should be drawn for anemia?

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CBC with diff
Iron
Hgb electrophoresis (to evaluate alpha or beta thalassemia)

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What iron value indicates iron deficient anemia?

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<12mcg/L

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When and where should patients with anemia be referred?

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Referred to internal medicine if cause is not identified

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What is the most common type of anemia worldwide?

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Iron deficient anemia

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10
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What can cause iron deficient anemia?

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Menstruation, pregnancy, frequent blood donations, ASA and long term NSAID use

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Why should IDCs be aware of anemia in males?

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Male do not menstruate so anemia is likely due to a disease process

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Physical findings of iron deficient anemia

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Smooth tongue, brittle nails, cheilosis (cuts on mouth)

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What will iron deficient patients crave?

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Specific foods (such as ice) often not rich in iron, also called pica

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14
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Treatment for iron deficient anemia?

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  • treat cause of blood loss
  • Ferrous sulfate 325mg 3x per day for 3-6 months
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15
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When would parenteral iron be used?

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Intolerance of oral iron due to GI disease and continued blood loss cannot be corrected
Dosage derived from hematologist

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16
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Essentials of dx of Vitamin B12 deficiency

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  • Macrolytic anemia
  • Macro-ovalcytes and hypersegmeneted neutrophils on peripheral blood smear
  • serum B12 level <100pg/ml
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17
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Where is in the diet is vitamin b12 present?

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Animal origin

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18
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What is the daily absorption of vitamin B12

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5mcg

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19
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The liver contains how much stored vitamin B12?

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2000-5000mcg

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20
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Which diet is likely to lead to vitamin B12 deficiency

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Vegan

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21
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Late stage vitamin B12 patients will present how?

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Pale, with paresthesia and difficulty with balance and neuro findings

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What will show on a blood smear of a vitamin B12 deficient patient?

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Megaloblastic anemia (large RBCs) and macro-ovalocyte with hypersegmented neutrophils

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23
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What B12 serum level indicates deficiency?

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Overt deficiency = <170 pg/ml
Symptomatic = <100 pg/ml

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24
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Treatment for Vitamin B12 deficiency?

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IM injection of B12 daily for a week, weekly for a month and then monthly for life

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25
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Disposition of late stage vitamin B12 deficiency?

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MEDEVAC, refer to hematologist

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26
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What 3 mechanisms reduce loss of blood from blood vessels?

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Vascular Spasm
Platelet Plug Formation
Coagulation

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27
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Describe vascular spasm

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  • Smooth muscle of a blood vessel wall contracts
  • Caused by damage to smooth muscle and reflexes initiated by pain receptors
  • Can be maintained for several minutes to hours
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28
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Describe platelet plug formation

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  • clumping of platelets around damage
  • can stop bleeding completely if hole in blood vessel is small enough
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29
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Describe coagulation

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  • Formation of prothrombinase
  • Conversion of promthrombin into thrombin
  • Thrombin converts soluble fibrinogen into insoluble fibrin threads
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30
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What are intrinsic pathway key factors

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12, 11, 8, 9

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31
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What are extrinsic pathway key factors

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7

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32
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What factors do the pathways converge?

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10, 5, 2

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33
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Which factors are vitamin K dependent?

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2, 7, 9, 10

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34
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What labs are used to measure intrinsic pathway?

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PTT

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35
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What labs are used to measure extrinsic pathway?

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PT

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36
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Hemophilia A is a congenital deficiency of which coagulation factor?

37
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Hemophilia B is a congenital deficiency of which coagulation factor?

38
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Those with congenital deficiencies are at risk of developing antibodies to which factors?

39
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Older patients with congenital deficiencies are at risk of what infections from contaminated blood products?

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HIV and Hep C

40
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What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)?

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Systemic process with potential of causing thrombosis and hemorrhage

41
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In DIC, what happens to the processes of coagulation and fibrinolysis within the vasculature?

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They become abnormally activated

42
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A variety of initiating procoagulants may contribute to DIC including?

A

Tissue factor (TF)

43
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What are common bleeding manifestations of DIC?

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Petechiae, ecchymosis, blood oozing from wound sites, intravenous lines, catheters, mucosal surfaces and venous thromboembolism (VTE)

44
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Major principal of treating DIC?

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Treat underlying cause

45
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Labs should be done for DIC?

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PT, PTT, INR
CBC

46
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G6PD is commonly linked to which patient population?

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American Black men, 10-15%

47
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What are Heinz bodies?

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Oxidized hgb denatures and forms precipitants

48
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What happens to Heinz bodies?

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Heinz bodies cause membrane damage which leads to removal by the spleen

49
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Which anti malaria drug should not be given to patients with G6PD?

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Primaquine

50
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G6PD patients may have what in their RBC smear?

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Bite cells

51
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What stain can reveal Heinz bodies in a peripheral blood smear?

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Cresyl Violet, they are not visible on the usual Wright-Giesma stained blood smear

52
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Treatment of G6PD patients?

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  • no treatment required, avoid oxidants
53
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What is the shape of RBCs in patients with sickle cell

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Sickle rather than biconcave disc

54
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The rate of sickling in patients with sickle cell trait is influenced by what?

A

Concentration of hemoglobin S

55
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What population carries the hemoglobin S gene?

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8% of American blacks and 1 of 400 American black children will be born with sickle cell

56
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Physical findings/sx of patients with sickle cell

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Jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, poorly healing ulcers over the lower tibia
Acute painful episodes of the bones that last hours to days with low grade fever

57
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Labs for patients with sickle cell

A

CBC with dif
Blood Smear

58
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What is the hematocrit of patients with sickle cell?

59
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What may the results of a blood smear from a patient with sickle cell show?

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Irreversibly sickled cells comprising of 5-50%
Nucleated red blood cells and Howell-Joly bodies and target cells

60
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What supplement may assist sickle cell patients?

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Folic acid 1mg po daily

61
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What complications can sickle cell lead?

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Chronic multisystem disease leading to organ failure that may result in death

62
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With supportive care, what is average life span of those with sickle cell?

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40-50years

63
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Screening test for sickle cell reveals what percentage of hemoglobin is hemoglobin S?

64
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) occurs at what ages and percentages?

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  • 80% of acute leukemia in children
  • 20% of adult acute leukemia
65
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) occurs at what age?

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Median age of 60 years old

66
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Blasts in peripheral blood is in what percentage of patients?

67
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Bone tenderness in patients with leukemia is present particularly where?

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Sternum, tibia and femur

68
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DDx of acute leukemia

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  • Viral infection such as Mono
  • Pertussis
  • Other 1 myeloproliferative diseases
    • hairy cell leukemia, lymphomas, chronic
      Lymphocytic leukemia
  • Anemia
  • hypothyroid
  • SLE
69
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What is the hallmark of acute leukemia?

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Pancytopenia with circulating blasts

70
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What percentage of blasts are required to make a dx of acute leukemia?

71
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Patients with ALL may have what on a chest radiograph?

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Mediastinal mass

72
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Disposition of acute leukemia?

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MEDEVAC
Referral to Hematologist

73
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Chemotherapy cures what percentage of patients with leukemia?

74
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Bone marrow transplant is curative in what percentage of leukemia patients?

75
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What is leukocytosis?

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High white cell count relative to normal physiologic numbers

76
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What is leukopenia?

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Low total white cell count (<4400cells/microL)

77
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Elevated neutrophils is called?

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Neutrophilia

78
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What could cause neutrophilia?

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Infection
Inflammation
Metabolic disease
Stress

79
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What percentage of whites and blacks get benign ethnic neutropenia?

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4.5% Blacks
0.7% Whites

80
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Leukopenia can be caused by what viruses?

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Hepatitis, HIV, Epstein-Barr. Parasitic and rickettsial infections

81
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Leukopenia can be caused by which deficiencies?

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Vitamin deficiencies (B12, Folate, Copper)

82
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What is thrombocytopenia?

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Abnormally low amount of circulating platelets

83
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Risk of spontaneous bleeding does not typically increase until when?

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Platelets fall below 10,000-20,000/mcl unless the patient has abnormal platelets

84
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Hallmark sx of thrombocytopenia?

85
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What is thrombocytosis?

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Abnormally high amount of circulating thrombocytes (>450,000)

86
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What are the 2 categories of thrombocytosis?

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Reactive thrombocytosis
Autonomous thrombocytosis

87
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Autonomous thrombocytosis is primarily what etiology?

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Cancer of bone marrow etiologies

88
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Median age of thrombocytosis?

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50-60years of age

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