Final Exam Flashcards
What conditions produce a microcytic/hypochromic blood picture? (6)
thalassemia, Cooley’s anemia, iron deficiency, sideroblastic anemia, lead poisoning, hookworm infection
How is a Downey cell described?
scalloping around the RBCs
What is the end result of stage I?
plasma thromboplastin
What are the TIBC results in IDA?
increased
What type of leukemia is indicated by increased incidence of bleeding disorders?
APL
What condition would be described as acute granulocytopenia?
agranulocytosis (neutropenia)
What are the tests useful in the diagnosis of DIC?
bleeding time, PT and PTT, platelet count, factors I, V, and VIII
What type of leukemia is indicated by presence of myelomonocytes?
AMML
What is the immediate response to vessel injury?
vasoconstriction
What is the tourniquet test?
measures capillary fragility
What is the use for Lee-White clotting time?
monitors heparin therapy
What is the name for Factor X?
Stuart Prower
What is the final end products of the breakdown of fibrin and of fibrinogen?
fragment E and two D-fragments
What factors do the intrinsic and extrinsic systems have in common?
I, II, V, X
What is the name for Factor IV?
calcium
What is the thrombin time test?
measures the availability of fibrinogen
What is the factor for which the Stypven time is most useful?
Factor VII
What are the intrinsic factors?
I, II, V, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII
What are the adsorbed plasma factors?
I, V, VIII, XI, XII
What is the principle of the coagulyzer or MLA?
formation of clot changes optical density of light detected by photoelectric cell and shuts off the timer
What test will distinguish between primary and secondary fibrinolysis?
D-Dimer and protamine sulfate test
What are the serum iron results in IDA?
decreased
What does the PBS of a patient with IDA show?
microcytic/hypochromic cells
What is the name for Factor IX?
Christmas factor
Which factor that is not made in the liver is increased in liver disease?
VIII
What plasminogen activators are now being used to treat heart attack and stroke victims?
tPA, streptokinase, urokinase
What are the causes of bleeding? (4)
trauma, decreased plasma clotting factor synthesis, DIC, genetic defects
What are the factors which can influence clot retraction?
fibrinogen level, platelet count must be normal, thromboplastin VI
What portion of the red blood cells is damaged leading to the formation of burr cells and thorn cells?
membrane
What are the laboratory findings in PCH?
+ DAT, + Donath Landsteiner, symptoms occur after exposure to cold
What is the effect of aspirin on testing, especially the bleeding time and Saltzmann glass bead test?
increases it
What is another word for thromboplastin VI?
thrombosthenin
What are the characteristics of Glanzmann’s thrombasthenia?
abnormal platelet function
What are the laboratory findings in Hodgkin’s disease?
increased eos, decreased lymphs, increased monos, Reed-Sternberg cell
What are the characteristics of Hemophilia B?
IX deficiency, increased PTT, Christmas disease
What are the labile factors?
V, VIII
What type of leukemia is indicated by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome?
CML
What are the factors that do not have an enzymatically active form?
V and VIII
What type of leukemia is indicated by the presence of “hyper mature lymphs” and smudge cells?
CLL
What level must be reached for a clotting factor to cause an abnormality in coagulation?
must get below 30-40% to be abnormal
What is the mode of action of heparin?
neutralizes thrombin
What is the factor deficiency that would be incompatible with life?
IV
What does ITP stand for?
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
What will PTT not detect?
platelet abnormality
What conditions produce a macrocytic/ normochromic picture? (6)
pernicious anemia, folate deficiency, B12 deficiency, liver disease, alcoholism, D. latum infection
What is the name for Factor XII?
Hageman’s factor
What are the distinguishing characteristics of hereditary ovalocytosis?
ovalocytes are seen, does not need bone marrow to confirm, normal central pallor
What is meant by platelet adhesion?
sticks to surfaces
What reagents can be used to prepare adsorbed plasma?
Al(OH)3 and BaSO4
What are the typical laboratory findings in acute leukemia?
anemia, thrombocytopenia, young cells