Blood -Schoenwald Flashcards

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Sensitivity

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Ability of a test to identify positive results in pts who actually have a disease. Higher the sensitivity the lower the chance of a false negative

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Specificity

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Assesses the portion of true negatives. If a test is positive it is highly likely that a person has a disease. The lower the specficity the higher the chance for a false positive.

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3
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White blood cell normal range

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4,000- 10,500

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4
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Causes of an increase in WBC

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inflammation, bacterial infection, leukemia, and some meds.

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Causes of a decrease in WBC

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some viral infections, chemotherapy, and bone marrow suppression.

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6
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Margination of granulocytes

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when they are not actively working. they will go into cell walls until they are needed again

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7
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Left shift

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when there are more than 8-10% increase in the number of bands present

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8
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What can cause hypersegmentation

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vitamin B12 deficiency, folic acid deficiency

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9
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Six causes of Neutrophilia

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Bacterial infection, some viral , stress, inflammatory disease, metabolic disorders, drugs

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Five causes of Neutropenia

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Bacterial infection, Viral infection, hypersplenism, chemo, lupus

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Bacterial infections that cause neutropenia

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Typhoid, tularemia, brucellosis

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Viral causes of Neurtopenia

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Hepatitis , influ, enza, measles, mumps, rubella, mono

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13
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Bacterial causes of lymphocytosis

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pertusis, brucellosis

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14
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Viral cause of lymphocytosis

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hepatitis, mono, mumps. CMV

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15
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Metabolic causes of lymphocytosis

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hyperadrenalism, hyperthroidism

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16
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Chronic inflammatory causes of lymphocytosis

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Ulcerative colitis, serum sickness, ITP

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17
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Immonodeficiency causes lymphocytopenia

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HIV, congenital defects of cell mediated immunity, immunosuppressive medications

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18
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illness that cause lymphocytopenia

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CHF, renal failure, advanced TB

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19
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Adrenal corticosteroid exposure causes of lymphocytopenia

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predisone, ACTH producing pituitary hormones, adrenal gland hyperactivity

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20
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infections that cause Monocytosis

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TB, bacterial endocarditis, hepatitis, syphilis

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21
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Granulomatous diseases that cause monocytosis

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Sarcoid, ulcerative colitis

22
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collagen vascular diseases that cause monocytosis

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Lupus, RA, Polyarteritis

23
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What does MCV measure

A

size of the average RBC. Mean corpuscular volume

24
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What does MCHC measure

A

average concentration of hgb in RBC

25
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What does MCH measure

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measure of the weight of hgb in RBC

26
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What does RDW measure

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Red cell distribution, indicated variation of size of RBC.

27
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What would a high RDW indicate?

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multiple populations of cells. possibly a transfusion or a result of cancer

28
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Ferratin

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Major iron storage protein

29
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Reticulocytes

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immature red blood cells. It is used to determine bone marrow function and eval of erythropoietic activity.

30
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Microcytic hypochromic anemia

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iron deficiency, thalessemia, anemia of chronic disease, sideroblastic

31
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iron deficiency anemia causes

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loss of blood, insufficient dietary intake, pregnancy, malabsorption

32
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What are you concerned for in a patient who is over 65 and has iron deficiency anemia?

A

Colon cancer

33
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Normocytic normochromic anemia

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Anemia of chronic disease, ferratin is usaully increased, IDA is decreased

34
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Macrocytic anemia

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B12 deficiency, and/or folic acid deficiency

35
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Hemolytic anemia

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anemia due to breakdown of RBC. etiology is varied

36
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etiology of hemolytic anemia

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blood disorders, hemoglobinopathies, autoimmune, hemolytic uremic syndrome, medications

37
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Lab findings of hemolytic anemia

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decreased RBC, Decreased hepatoglobin, increased LDH, increased potassium

38
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anisocytosis

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variation in size (1+, 2+, 3+, 4+)

39
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poikilocytosis

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variation in shape

40
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spherocytes

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no central pallor

41
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schistocytosis

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cell fragments- intravascular or mechanical trauma

42
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stomatocytosis

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liver disease

43
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basophilic stippling

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lead poisoning and megaloblastic anemia and thalassemia

44
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Howell jolly bodies

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Splenectomy, hemolysis, blue bodies

45
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Heinz bodies

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splenectomy and G6PD deficiency

46
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How to eval anemia

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CBC, reticulocyte count, haptoglobin, iron studies, ferritin, B12/ folic acid levels, TSH, colonoscopy

47
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Causes of thrombocytopenia

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autoimmune ITP, Bone marrow supression, DIC, artifact (EDTA present in lab tube), heparin

48
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Causes of Thrombocytosis

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Myeloproliferative disorders, infection, malignancy, iron deficiency

49
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Acute phase reactants

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ESR, CRP, Plt, ferritin

50
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inverted differential

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present with mono