CLIN PATH Flashcards

1
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LAB EVALUATION FOR BLOOD DESTRUCTION

A

PCV
MCV
RETICULOCYTE COUNT
TOTAL PROTEIN

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WHAT ARE CLINICAL SIGNS OF ANEMIA ?

A
PALE MUCOUS MEMBRANES 
LETHARGY, EXERCISE INTOLERANCE 
INCREASED RESP RATE, DYSPNEA 
INCREASED HR 
MURMURS
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3
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EXAMPLES OF ACUTE BLOOD LOSS

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TRAUMA, SX, COAGULATIVE DISORDERS, BLEEDING TUMORS

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4
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IRON DEF ANEMIA IN ADULT ANIMALS IS DUE TO

A

CHRONIC BLOOD LOSS

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5
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LAB FINDINGS WITH IMHA

A

THROMBOCYTOPENIA
INFLAMMATORY LEUKOGRAM
AZOTEMIA (INC BUN +CREAT)

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6
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BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE CAN DETECT ____ AND ____

A
KIDNEY FAILURE (INC. BUN, INC. CREATININE) 
NONREGENERATIVE ANEMIA
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7
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IRON DEF ANEMIA IS USUALLY REGENERATIVE T/F

A

TRUE

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8
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TX OF IMHA

A

GLUCOCORTICOSTEROIDS

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9
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BLUE TOP TUBE

A

CITRATE- ANTICOAGULENT, CA CHELATOR

USES- COAGULATION TESTS, PT, APTT, FDP

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10
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WHAT ARE CLINICAL SIGNS OF BLOOD DESTRUCTION

A

SPLENOMEGALY
ICTERUS
HEMOBLOBINURIA

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11
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TRUE OR FALSE— ROULEAUX IS NORMAL IN HORSES

A

TRUE

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12
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DIAGNOSIS OF IRON DEF ANEMIA

A

ANEMIA, LOW SERUM IRON, MICROCYTOSIS**

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13
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RED BLOOD CELL PARASITES OF CATS AND DOGS

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MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS- AGGLUTINATION, HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN CATS
CYTAUXZOON FELIS- CAUSES ANEMIA
BABESIA GIBSONI/CANIS
MYCOPLAMA HAEMOCANIS - CHAINS WITHIN RBC, SPHEROCYTES PRESENT

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14
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IF YOU SEE ROULEAUX IN A SMALL ANIMAL WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE INCREASED?

A

BILIRUBIN

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15
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LAB FINDINGS OF IRON DEF ANEMIA

A
MCV MICROCYTOSIS
ANISOCYTOSIS INC. RDW 
RETICULOCYTES 
MCHC= NORMAL 
INC CENTRAL PALLOR 
KERATOCYTES
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16
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BLOOD DESTRUCTION IS EITHER DUE TO ____ OR _____

A

INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS

EXTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS

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17
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WHAT CONDITION IS COMMON WITH IMHA?

A

DIC

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18
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COOMBS TEST

A

IMHA

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19
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MARBLE TOP TUBE

A

GEL PROMOTES CLOT FORMATION
SERUM SEPERATOR

CHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY

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20
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WITH ANEMIA TOTAL PROTEIN IN NORMAL TRUE OR FALSE

A

TRUE

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21
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CAUSES OF ECHINOCYTES

A

ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE/SEVERE DIARRHEA
NONSPECIFIC DISEASE- KIDNEY DISEASE
RATTLESNAKE ENVENOMATION

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22
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HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN CATS LEADS TO

A

FORMATION OF HEINZ BODIES

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23
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WHAT ARE NUCLEAR REMNANTS WITHIN RBCS?

A

HOWELL JOLLY BODIES

24
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WHAT IS ANEMIA MEASURED BY?

A

PCV
HB CONCENTRATION
RBC COUNT

25
Q

EXTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS IS CAUSED BY

A

PHAGOCYTOSIS OF RBCS BY MACROPHAGES IN THE SLEEP AND LIVER

26
Q

PURPLE TOP TUBE

A
EDTA+ K SALT 
ANTICOAGULENT 
PRESERVES CELL MORPHOLOGY 
CA CHELATOR PREVENTS CLOTTING 
COMPLETE BLOOD CELL COUNT, FLUID ANALYSIS, PCR
27
Q

HEINZ BODY ANEMIA CAN BE CAUSED BY-

A
ACETOMETAPHIN IN CATS 
PROPYLENE GLYCOL IN CATS 
ONIONS, GARLIC POWDER 
CEPHALOSPORINS IN DOGS 
LYMPHOMA 
HYPOTHYROIDISM 
DIABETES 
ZINC TOXICOSIS
28
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WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF FORMATION OF KERATOCYTES

A

IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

29
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DDX OF MICROCYTOSIS

A

PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNTS
BREED DISPOSITION
ANEMIA OF INFLAMMATION DZ

30
Q

REFRIGERATING A BLOOD FILM WILL CAUSE

A

CELL LYSIS

31
Q

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SPHEROCYTES

A

IMHA

MCV IS NORMAL

32
Q

SERUM TEST

A

IRON DEF ANEMIA

33
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WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF ACANTHOCYTES

A

CATS WITH HEPATIC LIPIDOSIS

DOGS WITH HEMANGIOSARCOMA

34
Q

MACROCYTIC ANEMIA IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT?

A

REGENERATIVE ANEMIA

35
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IMHA (IMMUNE MEDIATED HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA) CAN BE CAUSED BY___

A
PENICILLIN 
NEOPLASIA 
INFECTION 
CEPHALOSPORINS 
CATS- MYCOPLASMA FELV
36
Q

WITH ACUTE BLOOD LOSS YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE

A

DEC. PCV
DEC. TOTAL PROTEIN
NORMAL RBC MORPH ***EXCEPTION HEMANGIOSARCOMA

37
Q

RED TOP TUBE

A

NO ANTICOAGULENT
NO ADDITIVES

SERUM USED FOR CHEMISTRY

38
Q

GENERAL SIGNS OF ANEMIA

A

SPLENOMEGALY
ICTERUS
HEMOGLOBINURIA

39
Q

THIS BREED IS PREDISPOSED TO IRON DEF ANEMIA

A

COCKER SPANIELS

40
Q

EDTA WILL CAUSE RBCS TO

A

SHRINK

41
Q

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF SCHISTOCYTE FORMATION?

A

RBC FRAGMENTS INTRAVASCULAR TRAUMA (DIC)

IRON DEF ANEMIA

42
Q

HOWELL JOWELL BODIES WILL BE SEEN WITH

A

REGENERATIVE ANEMIA
NONFUNCTIONING SPLEEN/SPLENECTOMY
INCREASED CORTICOTEROIDS

LEAD POISONING IF OUT OF PROPORTION WITH ANEMIA

43
Q

BLOOD LOSS LEADS TO DECREASED ___ AND ____

A

PCV AND TOTAL PROTEIN

44
Q

WHAT CAUSES HEINZ BODY ANEMIA IN LARGE ANIMALS

A

SHEEP- COPPER TOXICOSIS
HORSES- PHENOTHIAZINE, WITTLED RED MAPLE
CATTLE- KALE, ONIONS

45
Q

GREEN TOP TUBE

A

ANTICOAGULENT= HEPARIN= INHIBITS THROMBIN

USES- CHEMISTRY PANEL

46
Q

IF BLOOD FOR A CBC SITS OUT FOR 24HOURS WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RBCS

A

THEY SWELL

47
Q

DDX OF SPHEROCYTOSIS

A
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
RATTLESNAKE ENVENOMATION 
HEINZ BODY ANEMIA 
ZINC CYTOSIS 
BEE STINGS
48
Q

MICROCYTIC ANEMIA IS INDICATIVE OF WHAT?

A

IRON DEF ANEMIA

49
Q

WHAT IS BASOPHILIC STIPPLING?

A

ABNORMAL AGGREGATION OF RIBOSOMES WITHIN RBCS

NORMAL IN RUMINANTS

50
Q

POLYCHROMASIA TELLS YOU WHAT ABOUT THE RBCS

A

YOUNG

FROM RECOVERING MARROW (BLOOD LOSS, BLOOD DESTRUCTION)

51
Q

WHAT CAUSES AN ECCENTROCYTE?

A

DUE TO OXIDATIVE DAMAGE OR ONION CONSUMPTION

52
Q

IF YOU SEE INCREASED ALBUMIN YOUR PATIENT IS MOST LIKELY ..

A

DEHYDRATED

53
Q

THESE BREEDS ARE PREDISPOSED TO STOMATOCYTE FORMATION

A

ALASKAN MALAMUTE, MINI SCHNAUZER, DRENTSE PARTSHOUND

54
Q

GRAY TOP TUBE

A

SODIUM FLUORIDE, OXALATE
ANTICOAGULENT, CA CHELATOR
INHIBITS GLUCOSE METABOLISM
USES- PLASMA FOR SERIAL GLUCOSE, LACTATE, PYRUVATE

55
Q

EXAMPLES OF CHRONIC BLOOD LOSS

A

GI ULCER. GI TUMOR, PARASITES

56
Q

IF YOU ADD SALINE TO A DROP OF BLOOD WITH ROULEAUX WHAT HAPPENS? AGGLUTINATION?

A

ROULEAUX WILL DISPERSE

AGGLUTINATION WILL STAY CLUMPED