Chapter 14: RBC Flashcards
Most specific Morphologic finding
Hereditary Spherocytosis
Most important enzyme derangement
G6PD
Most common trigger of episodic Hemolysis Infections
Infections
Most commonly involved sites of Sickle cell disease
Bones, lungs, liver, brain, spleen, and penis
Most common cause of patient morbidity and mortality in Sickle cell disease
Occlusive crises
Most common cause of β+ Thalassemia
Splicing mutations
Most common cause of β0 Thalassemia
Chain terminator mutation
Most severe form of α-Thalassemia
Hydrops fetalis
Most common form of immunohemolyticanemia
Warm Antibody Type
Most cases are seen in children following viral infections
Cold Hemolysin Type
Most commonly seen with DIC
Microangiopathic HemolyticAnemia
Most common and important anemias associated with red cell underproduction
Nutritional deficiencies
Most important molecules whose synthesis is dependent on folates
dTMP
Most ferritin is stored in the parenchymal cells Liver
Liver
Most iron stored in
Hemosiderin
