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Circulatory / Lymph Flashcards

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Bruising

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Sign of trauma usually but may be due to clotting disorder

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DIC

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Disseminated intra vascular coagulation
Clotting disorder
Severe illness or blunt trauma causing intra vascular clotting all over body
Usually fatal from spontaneous bleeding

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Thrombocytopenia

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Reduction of number of platelets in the blood

May be due to drugs , infection or may be immune mediated

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Diagnose thrombocytopenia

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CBC

Blood smear

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Treatment of thrombocytooenia

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Remove drugs of concern
Treat possible infections
Steroids
Can be caused by chemo

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Lymphoma

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Lymphosarcoma 
Cancer in lymph nodes 
Tonsils 
Spleen 
Bone marrow 
Diagnose with biopsy 
Common in young pets 
Chemotherapy
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Nebulizer

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Drug delivery device used to administer drugs in form of mist to be inhaled into lungs

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Pyothorax

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Inflammation of chest cavity

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Purulent

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Discharge containing puss

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Lymph node aspirates

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Type of FNA
Fine needle aspiration
Core biopsy
More useful because more cells harvested

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IMHA

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Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia

Body attacks it’s own blood RBC

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Immune mediated disease signs

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Jaundice

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Immune mediated hemolytic anemia t

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Steroids
Immunosuppressives
Plus underlying cause

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Petechial hemorrhages

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Bleeding from small capillaries into the surrounding tissue

Diffused speckled appearance

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Hemothorax

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Collection of blood in the space between chest wall and the lung

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Babesia

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Parasite drug

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Bronchoalveolar lavage

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Sterile saline injected directly into trachea and moves into bronchial tree
Catheter and syringe suck up any fluid that’s coughed up

18
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Transfusions

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Dogs have free blood type

Cats must always have blood type checked before transfusion

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Bone marrow biopsy

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Anemia , low blood cells , infection

Use 6-18g needle to get part of bone marrow

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