Hem/Onc Flashcards
Iron def anemia - PE?
fatigue
glossitis
koilonychia
plummer-vinson sx
Alpha Thalassemia - labs?
MILD anemia
MCV is LOW
RBC is NORMAL
Alpha Thalassemia - ethnicity?
ASIANS
Beta Thalasssemia - ethnicity?
GREEK
MEDITERRANEAN
How does adult hemaglobin change from child?
INCREASE in A1 and F compared to A
Iron def anemia - labs?
HIGH RDW
HIGH TIBC
LOW Fe
Beta Thalassemia minor - labs?
NORMAL RDW
NORMAL TIBC
HIGH Fe
Thalassemia - PE?
splenomegaly
How to can you differentiate between thalessemia and sickle cell?
electrophoresis
Thalessmemia - tx?
folate
How to defferentiate between alpha and beta thalessemia?
elctrophoresis
beta: increased A2 and F and LOW A
alpha: NORMAL
How to tx microcytic anemia -peds?
iron supplement for 3-6mo
How to tx microcytic anemia - adults?
check colonoscopy
What is sickle cell?
autosomal recessive
AA
Sickle cell carrier?
asymptomatic until put in low O2
Sickle cell PE?
splenomegaly - removed
ulcers on legs-non healing
systolic murmurs
retoniopathy
Sickle cell - cx of deat?
organ failure
Sickle cell - prognosis?
40-50yrs
Sickle cell sx?
pain crisis - vasoocclusion –> ischemia
kidney cannot concentrate urine
Sickle complications?
asplastic crisis
DI
Sickle cell -dx?
peripheral smear
electrophoresis
Sickle cell tx?
folic acid
abx prophylaxis
opthalmologic exam
hydroxyurea
ITP?
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
ITP -PE?
pt feels fine but has rash (petechia)
ITP-labs?
CBC - normal except thrombocytopenia
peripheral smear: megakaryocytes
ITP -hx?
post viral infxn
What 2 viral infxn can show as rash after viral infxn?
ITP
HSP
*do CBC; HSP DOES NOT have thrombocytopenia
ITP -tx?
mild: >50,000 - self limiting
mod: 10-20K - IV Ig and corticosteroid
severe: <10K - BAD; transfusion needed asap
Acute lymphocytic leukemia - labs?
decrease WBC pancytopenia anemia peripheral smear: blast cells HIGH uric acid, K, LDH
Acute lymphocytic leukemia has the highest risk in?
down sx
Acute lymphocytic leukemia - sx?
4P pallor pyrexia (fevers and infxn) petechiae/purpura pain (bone pain)
Acute lymphocytic leukemia-PE?
splenomegaly