CLIN PATH Flashcards
LAB EVALUATION FOR BLOOD DESTRUCTION
PCV
MCV
RETICULOCYTE COUNT
TOTAL PROTEIN
WHAT ARE CLINICAL SIGNS OF ANEMIA ?
PALE MUCOUS MEMBRANES LETHARGY, EXERCISE INTOLERANCE INCREASED RESP RATE, DYSPNEA INCREASED HR MURMURS
EXAMPLES OF ACUTE BLOOD LOSS
TRAUMA, SX, COAGULATIVE DISORDERS, BLEEDING TUMORS
IRON DEF ANEMIA IN ADULT ANIMALS IS DUE TO
CHRONIC BLOOD LOSS
LAB FINDINGS WITH IMHA
THROMBOCYTOPENIA
INFLAMMATORY LEUKOGRAM
AZOTEMIA (INC BUN +CREAT)
BIOCHEMICAL PROFILE CAN DETECT ____ AND ____
KIDNEY FAILURE (INC. BUN, INC. CREATININE) NONREGENERATIVE ANEMIA
IRON DEF ANEMIA IS USUALLY REGENERATIVE T/F
TRUE
TX OF IMHA
GLUCOCORTICOSTEROIDS
BLUE TOP TUBE
CITRATE- ANTICOAGULENT, CA CHELATOR
USES- COAGULATION TESTS, PT, APTT, FDP
WHAT ARE CLINICAL SIGNS OF BLOOD DESTRUCTION
SPLENOMEGALY
ICTERUS
HEMOBLOBINURIA
TRUE OR FALSE— ROULEAUX IS NORMAL IN HORSES
TRUE
DIAGNOSIS OF IRON DEF ANEMIA
ANEMIA, LOW SERUM IRON, MICROCYTOSIS**
RED BLOOD CELL PARASITES OF CATS AND DOGS
MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS- AGGLUTINATION, HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN CATS
CYTAUXZOON FELIS- CAUSES ANEMIA
BABESIA GIBSONI/CANIS
MYCOPLAMA HAEMOCANIS - CHAINS WITHIN RBC, SPHEROCYTES PRESENT
IF YOU SEE ROULEAUX IN A SMALL ANIMAL WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE INCREASED?
BILIRUBIN
LAB FINDINGS OF IRON DEF ANEMIA
MCV MICROCYTOSIS ANISOCYTOSIS INC. RDW RETICULOCYTES MCHC= NORMAL INC CENTRAL PALLOR KERATOCYTES
BLOOD DESTRUCTION IS EITHER DUE TO ____ OR _____
INTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS
EXTRAVASCULAR HEMOLYSIS
WHAT CONDITION IS COMMON WITH IMHA?
DIC
COOMBS TEST
IMHA
MARBLE TOP TUBE
GEL PROMOTES CLOT FORMATION
SERUM SEPERATOR
CHEMISTRY, SEROLOGY
WITH ANEMIA TOTAL PROTEIN IN NORMAL TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
CAUSES OF ECHINOCYTES
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE/SEVERE DIARRHEA
NONSPECIFIC DISEASE- KIDNEY DISEASE
RATTLESNAKE ENVENOMATION
HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA IN CATS LEADS TO
FORMATION OF HEINZ BODIES