Hematologic disorder

Question 1

Life span of RBC

Answer 1

120 days

Question 2

_____ is the destruction of RBCs

Answer 2

Hemolysis

Question 3

Hormone formed by the kidneys that is produced whenever a child has tissue hypoxia

Answer 3

Erythropoietin

Question 4

Immature thrombocytes are called

Answer 4

Megakaryocytes

Question 5

Anemia that result from depression of hematopoietic activity in bone marrow

Answer 5

Aplastic Anemia

Question 6

Anemia that result from depression of hematopoietic activity in bone marrow but only affects RBCs

Answer 6

Hypoplastic Anemia

Question 7

Daily Intake of Iron

Answer 7

11-15 mg

Question 8

What is PICA?

Answer 8

Craving for ice cubes or eating inedible substances

Question 9

What is Koilonychia?

Answer 9

Spoon-shaped fingernails

Question 10

MAO stands for

Answer 10

Monoamine Oxidase

Question 11

Function of MAO

Answer 11

CNS maturation

Question 12

Rationale of intaking Vitamin C with Iron

Answer 12

For absorption

Question 13

Plethora or marked redness of skin is assessment of what disease?

Answer 13

Polycythemia

Question 14

Most common anemia of infancy & childhood.

Answer 14

Iron Deficiency Anemia

Question 15

Inability of RBCs to past this early stage of immaturity.

Answer 15

Megaloblastic Arrest

Question 16

Vitamin B12 is necessary for ________ of RBCs.

Answer 16

Maturation

Question 17

Another name for Vitamin B12 Defiency

Answer 17

Pernicious Anemia

Question 18

What disease am I?

Tongue is smooth and beefy red.

Answer 18

Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Question 19

G6P is necessary for _________ of RBCs.

Answer 19

Maintenance

Question 20

What disease am I?

Normal until exposed to fava beans.

Answer 20

G6PD

Question 21

What disease am I?

RBCs become elongated and crescent shaped.

Answer 21

SCA

Question 22

In SCA,

Amino acid _______ takes place over normally appealing ________ ____

Answer 22

Valine, Glutamic acid

Question 23

SCA changed shape due to _________ , ________ , & __________ .

Answer 23

Low Oxygen Tension
Low Blood pH
Increased Blood Viscosity

Question 24

What disease am I?

Sudden, severe onset of sickling.

Answer 24

Sickle Cell Crisis

Question 25

What disease am I? Assessment: Hand-foot syndrome

Answer 25

SCA

Question 26

Test to determine the cause of Vitamin B12 Deficiency.

Answer 26

Schilling Test

Question 27

For the lack of intrinsic factor in Vitamin B12 Deficiency, what is the necessary injection? What Route?

Answer 27

Cyanocobalamin. IM.

Question 28

Function of Hepcidin for Anemia of Chronic Disease/Inflammation.

Answer 28

Decrease iron release from macrophages and hepatocytes