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ERYTHROCYTES (Part 5) Flashcards

1
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This is rarely done because of its inaccuracy and questionable necessity.

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Manual RBC counts (Obsolete)

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When automation is not available, what manual RBC tests are more accurate?

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microhematocrit and hemoglobin concentration

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Values that are ELEVATED in people living at a HIGHER ALTITUDE over what they would be at sea level?

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RBC Count
Hemoglobin
Hematocrit

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4
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The difference in values in relation to the altitude?

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1 g Hb/dL at 2 km altitude
2 g Hb/dL at 3 km altitude

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5
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Conventional unit for Children (8 to 13 y.o.):

4.00 to 5.40 x 10^6/μL

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4.00 to 5.40 x 10^12/L

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Conventional unit for Adult (male):

4.60 to 6.00 x 10^6/μL

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4.60 to 6.00 x 10^12/L

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Conventional unit for Adult (female):

4.00 to 5.40 x 10^6/μL

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4.00 to 5.40 x 10^12/L

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8
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major glycolytic pathway

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Embden-Meyerhof Pathway

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9
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Glucose penetrates the red blood cell with no energy expenditure via GLUT-1 (a transmembrane protein).

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Embden-Meyerhof Pathway

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10
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Handles 90% of glucose utilization in the RBCs

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Embden-Meyerhof Pathway

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Non-oxidative, ANAEROBIC pathway that produces 2 MOLECULES of ATP

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Embden-Meyerhof Pathway

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ATP - used by the RBCs in the following ways:

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  1. Maintenance of RBC shape & deformability
  2. Give energy for the active transport of cations
  3. Helps in modulating the amount o
    2,3 - Bisphosphoglycerate (2, 3 BFG)
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13
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Old name of 2,3 - Bisphosphoglycerate (2, 3 BFG)?

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2, 3 - Diphosphoglycerate (2, 3 DPG)

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14
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Old RBC becomes more ____________.

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spherocytic

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15
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Most common enzyme deficiency of the EMP and is the most common form of HNSHA.

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Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency

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16
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Possible PBS findings or PK deficiency include?

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Acanthocytes Burr calls

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17
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What is the meaning of HNSHA?

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Hereditary Nonspherocytic Hemolytic Anemia

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18
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Recommended screening test for PK deficiency

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PK fluorescent spot test

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19
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A screening test for PK deficiency

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Autohemolysis test

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20
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Pattern of autohemolysis associated with PK deficiency?

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Autohemolysis is greatly increased and glucose has no effect (but ATP corrects the hemolysis) [TYPE II].

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21
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Confirmatory test for PK deficiency?

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Quantitative PK assay

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22
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Three alternate pathways that branch from the glycolytic pathway?

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  1. Hexose Monophosphate Shunt (Aerobic Glycolysis)
  2. Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway/Shunt (MRP) (MRS)
  3. Rapoport-Luebering Shunt
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23
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Other names for Hexose Monophosphate Shunt [HMS] (Aerobic Glycolysis)?

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Pentose Phosphate Pathway or Phosphogluconate Pathway

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24
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aerobically converts glucose to pentose and produces NADPH (reduced)

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HMS

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25
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What is the meaning of NADPH?

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

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26
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Can also protect the HEME IRON but less effective than the MRP/MRS?

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HMS

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27
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Prevents the denaturation of the GLOBIN by oxidation?

28
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Functionally dependent on G6PD (important to HMS to operate normally)?

29
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NADPH reduces to?

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GLUTATHIONE (reduced glutathione reduces peroxides and guards proteins, lipids, and heme iron from oxidation)

30
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Most common enzyme deficiency in the pentose phosphate pathway?

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency

31
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MOST COMMON RBC enzyme defect (prevalence of 5% of the global population, or approximately 400 million people worldwide)?

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency

32
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Possible PBS findings of G6PD deficiency includes?

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Heinz Bodies
Bite cells

33
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Recommended screening test for G6PD deficiency?

A

G6PD fluorescent spot test

34
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A screening test for G6PD deficiency

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Autohemolysis test

35
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Pattern of autohemolysis associated with G6PD deficiency?

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Autohemolysis is slightly to moderately increased but is partially corrected by glucose. [TYPE I]

36
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Confirmatory test for G6PD deficiency?

A

Quantitative G6PD assay

37
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*Classification of G6PD Deficiency Variants by the WHO

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Class I
Class II
Class III
Class IV
Class V

38
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G6PD Enzyme Activity of CLASS I

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SEVERELY deficient:

<1% activity or not detectable

39
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Clinical Manifestations of CLASS I

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  • Chronic
  • Rare
  • HNSHA
  • Severity is variable
40
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Examples of Variants of CLASS I

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G6PD-Serres

G6PD-Madrid

41
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G6PD Enzyme Activity of CLASS II

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SEVERELY deficient:

<10% activity

42
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⭐️ Clinical Manifestations of CLASS II

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  • FAVA BEANS
  • SOYA
  • MENTHOL
  • Severe
  • Episodic acute hemolytic anemia associated with infections and Certain drugs
  • NOT self-limited and may require transfusions during hemolytic episodes
43
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Examples of Variants of CLASS II

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G6PD-Mediterranean

G6PD-Chatham

44
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⭐️ Only a small group of G6PD-deficient individuals demonstrate this,and most of these have the G6PD-Mediterranean variant?

A

FAVISM

(Unusual sensitivity to FAVA BEANS)

45
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G6PD Enzyme Activity of CLASS III

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MILD to MODERATE deficient:

10% to 60% activity

46
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Clinical Manifestations of CLASS III

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  • Episodic
  • Acute hemolytic anemia associated with infections and certain drugs
  • Self-limited
47
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Examples of Variants of CLASS III

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G6PD- A-

G6PD-Canton

48
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G6PD Enzyme Activity of CLASS IV

A

MILDLY deficient to NORMAL:

60% to 150% activity

49
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Clinical Manifestations of CLASS IV

50
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Examples of Variants of CLASS IV

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G6PD-B (wildtype)

G6PD- A+ (may also manifest as CLASS III)

51
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G6PD Enzyme Activity of CLASS V

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INCREASED:

> 150% activity

52
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Clinical Manifestations of CLASS V

53
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Examples of Variants of CLASS V

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Not reported

54
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removal of a part of the RBC

55
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removal of the whole RBC

56
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⭐️ MUST BE AVOIDED in G6PD Deficiency Patients:

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  • SOYA
  • MENTHOL
  • NAPHTHALENE (mothballs) ⭐️
  • Dapsone
  • Methylthioninium chloride (methylene blue)
  • Nitrofurantoin
  • Phenazopyridine
  • Primaquine
  • Rasburicase
  • Tolonium chloride (toluidine blue)
  • Aniline dyes
  • Fava beans
  • Red wine
  • Legumes (ex.: garbanzos, kadyos, munggo)
  • Blueberry
  • Ampalaya
  • Cotrimoxazole
  • Quinolones
  • Sulfadiazine
  • Some herbal supplements
57
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Maintains iron in the HEME (Hb) in its reduced state (ferrous - Fe^2+)

A

Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway

58
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Methemoglobin reductase AKA?

A

Cytochrome b5 reductase

59
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⭐️ For the production of 2,3 - BPG

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Rapoport-Luebering Shunt

60
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In Rapoport-Luebering Shunt, 2,3 - BPG binds to ____________ and DECREASES the oxygen affinity of Hb.

A

Hemoglobin

(If attached to Hgb the oxygen will be released)

61
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Two variables affecting the degree of association or dissociation between oxygen and hemoglobin:

A
  • partial pressure of oxygen
  • affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen
62
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The AFFINITY of hemoglobin for oxygen is dependent on 5 factors:

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  1. pH
  2. Partial pressure of carbon dioxide
  3. Concentration of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate (2,3-BPG)
  4. Temperature
  5. Presence of other hemoglobin species that are nonfunctional
63
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What is the curve produced when the 2 variables (partial pressure of oxygen and affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen) are PLOTTED ON A GRAPH (oxygen saturation of hemoglobin versus the partial pressure of oxygen)?

A

OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE

64
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A shift in the curve due to an alteration in pH (or hydrogen ion concentration); and the effect of hydrogen ions and CO2 on the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen?

A

Bohr effect

65
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Depicts the occurrence by which the binding of O2 to the hemoglobin promotes the release of CO2?

A

Haldane effect

66
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SHIFT to the LEFT

A

↑pH

↓PCO2

↓2,3 - BPG

↓Temperature

INCREASED (↑) AFFINITY [how attached the O2 is to the Hgb]

67
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SHIFT to the RIGHT

A

↓pH

↑PCO2

↑2,3 - BPG

↑Temperature

DECREASED (↓) AFFINITY

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