Haem EMQ notes Flashcards
Hypochromic, microcytic
Fe def
Macrocytic, hypersegmented neutrophils, malabsorption
Megaloblastic anaemia, B12 def
Pancytopenia, Infx, bruising, fatigue
Aplastic anaemia
RA/TB, microcytic, hypochromic, rouleaux
Anaemia of chronic disease
Mediterranean, microcytic, normal iron studies
Beta-thalassaemia
Direct antiglobulin test +ve
Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia
Heinz bodies, fava beans, bite cells
G6PD def
Jaundice, schistocytes
Microangiopathc haemolytic anaemia
Electrophoresis diagnostic, dactylitis, gutl-val6
Sickle cell anaemia
Rhesus -ve mother, severly jaundice baby
Haemolytic disease of the newborn
Post-splenectomy, inclusions w/in erythrocytes
Howell-Jolly bodies
Tear drop cells, dry-tap
Myelofibrosis
Cabot rings
Megaloblastic anaemia
FVIII def
Haemophillia A
FIX def
Haemophilia B
MAHA, Renal failure, Cranial, High temp + low plts
TTP
Sepsis/malignancy/trauma, reduced plt count, anaemia
DIC
High/normal APTT, low FVIII, low ristocetein
vWD
Thrombophilia where FV is unable to be degraded by protein C
FV Leiden
Anti-caridolipin Abs, lupus anticoagulant, SLE
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Corckscrew appearance on angiogram, smoking
Buerger’s
Persistence of FV+FVIII
Protein s def