Hematology Flashcards
RBC production
Neurologic function
DNA synthesis
Vit B12 cyanocobalamin
inadequate intake, stomach or ileal surgery
lack of intrinsic factor secretion (pernicious anemia)
B12 deficiency
B12 deficiency causes excessive in urine
methylmalonic acid
Test for B12 absorption
Schilling test
transport form of cobalamin
transcobalamin
rf for b12 deficiency
dec ileal absorption
crohn’s disease
ileal resection
d latum infection
Dec intrinsic factors
Atrophic gastritis
Pernicious anemia
Postgastrectomy syndrome Roux en Y
Genetic
Most common hematologic disease of infancy and childhood
1mg iron absorbed daily
Exclusively breastfed infants must be supplemented by
IDA
4 mos
Hereditary spherocytosis deficiency
Spectrin
Ankyrin
Band 3 or protein 4.2
Most common familial congenital abnormality of RBC membrane
Hereditary spherocytosis
Dx spherocytosis
Osmotic fragility test
Most common congenital coagulation disorder
Hemophilia
X linked Factor 8 Ms joint surgical sites Normal PT Prolonged PTT
Hemophilia A
Hemophilia B
Factor 9 deficiency
Hemophilia A
Hemarthrosis
Inc PTT
Normal BT PT
Factor 8 deficiency