Hematologic / Oncologic Flashcards
1
Q
Common organism in osteomyelitis in sickle cell patients
A
Salmonella
2
Q
Hemolysis after cotrimoxazole (a sulfonamide medication)
A
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
3
Q
Peripheral smear with schistocytes
A
Intravascular hemolysis
4
Q
Peripheral smear with spherocytes
A
Extravascular hemolysis or spherocytosis
5
Q
Peripheral smear with Howell-Jolly bodies
A
Asplenia
6
Q
Peripheral smear with target cells
A
Thalassemia
7
Q
Whose platelets should be transfused into a baby with neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia?
A
Mother’s
8
Q
GI bleed at 2-7 days of life
A
Think classic vitamin K deficiency bleeding
9
Q
Patient with recent chemotherapy, fever, and acute abdomen
A
Think typhlitis
10
Q
Clotting factors in the common pathway
A
I, II, V, X
(think small dollar bills - $1, $2, $5, $10)
