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HEMATOLOGY-IMMUNOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASES Flashcards

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OF THE FOLLOWING THIS IS THE ONLY COMPLETE BLOOD CELL

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LYMPHOCYTES

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A 44 Y/O FEMALE HAS IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA. WHAT ARE HER SYMPTOMS?

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PETECHIA AND MUCOSAL BLEEDING

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A 44 Y/O FEMALE HAS IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA. WHAT WILL THE LAB FINDINGS REVEAL?

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DECREASED PLATELET COUNT

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THE WASTE PRODUCT BILIRUBIN IS PRODUCED FROM

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PORTIONS OF HEME MOLECULES THAT DONT CONTAIN IRON

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ERYTHROPOIESIS INCREASES WHEN

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OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE BLOOD DECREASE

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MOST OF THE IRON THAT IS REMOVED FROM DEGRADED HEMOGLOBIN IS

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RECYCLED TO THE BONE MARROW

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THE FUNCTION OF RBC’S IS TO

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CARRY OXYGEN FROM THE LUNGS TO THE BODYS CELLS

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RBC PRODUCTION IS REGULATED BY THE HORMONE

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ERYTHROPOIETIN

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THE COMBINATION OF PLASMA AND FORMED ELEMENTS IS CALLED

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WHOLE BLOOD

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SERUM IS

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PLASMA MINUS THE FIBRINOGEN

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THE FORMED ELEMENTS OF BLOOD INCLUDE

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BLOOD CELLS

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OVER 95% OF THE PROTEIN IN A RED CELL IS

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HEMOGLOBIN

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THE PERCENTAGE OF WHOLE BLOOD OCCUPIED BY ERYTHROCYTES IS THE

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HEMATOCRIT

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THE FXN OF HEMOGLOBIN IS TO

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CARRY OXYGEN

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS CONCERNING RBC’S IS FALSE?

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RBC’S HAVE A LARGE NUCLEUS

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PLASMA PROTEINS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR BLOOD CLOTTING ARE THE

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FIBRINOGENS

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AGED AND DAMAGED ERYTHROCYTES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY THE

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SPLEEN

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PLATELETS FXN IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

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DISSOLVING A FORMED CLOT

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PLATELETS ARE

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FRAGMENTS OF LARGE MEGAKARYOCYTE CELLS

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MOST OF THE PROCOAGULANTS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR CLOTTING ARE SYNTHESIZED BY

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THE LIVER

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THE PROCESS OF FIBRINOLYSIS

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DISSOLVES CLOTS

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WHICH VITAMIN IS NEEDED FOR THE FORMATION OF CLOTTING

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VITAMIN K

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WHICH DESTROYS BACTERIA THROUGH PHAGOCYTOSIS

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NEUTROPHILS

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THE PIGMENT IN RBC’S THAT CARRIES OXYGEN IS

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HEMOGLOBIN

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WHICH OPPOSES THE EFFECT OF HISTAMINE IN ALLERGIC RESPONSES AND PHAGOCYTIZES ANTIGEN ANTIBODY STRUCTURES, AND KILLS SOME TYPES OF PARASITIC WORMS?

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EOSINOPHILS

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A PERSON’S BLOOD TYPE IS DETERMINED BY THE

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PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC MOLECULES ON THE CELL MEMBRANCE

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WHICH CONTAINS HEMOGLOBIN AND TRANSPORTS OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE?

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EYTHROCYTE

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WHAT IS A BLOOD CLOT TRANSPORTED BY THE BLOOD STREAM?

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EMBOLUS

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WBC’S THAT RELEASE HISTAMINE AT THE SIDE OF AN INJURY ARE

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BASOPHILS

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WHICH FXN IN HEMOSTASIS AND RELEASES CHEMICALS TO ENHANCE VASCULAR SPASM?

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PLATELETS

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WHICH WBC’S ARE IMPORTANT IN PRODUCING ANTIBODIES?

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LYMPHOCYTES

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WHAT TESTS ARE USED TO MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF IRON THERAPY?

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HEMOGLOBIN AND RETICULOCYTE LEVELS

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IRON RELATED BLOOD TESTS IS THE MOST ACCURATE INDICATOR OF IRON XU ?

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FERRITIN

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A 22 Y/O MAN HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH HODGKINS LYMPHOMA. WHAT WAS USED TO CONFIRM THE DIAGNOSIS?

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LYMPH NODE BIOPSY

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A 45 Y/O WOMAN HAS CHRONIC AND SEVERE IRON XU ANEMIA. WHAT LAB TESTS WERE CONDUCTED?

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CBC, SERUM IRON AND IRON BINDING CAPACITY, SERUM FERRITIN

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A 65 Y/O MAN HAS PERNICIOUS ANEMIA. WHAT DID LAB TESTS SHOW?

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PERIPHERAL BLOOD SMEAR SHOWING MACROCYTIC RBC’S

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A 65 Y/O MAN HAS PERNICIOUS ANEMIA. WHAT ARE HIS SYMPTOMS?

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WEAKNESS, SORE TONGUE, NUMBNESS AND TINGLING IN THE EXTREMITIES

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A 65 Y/O MAN HAS PERNICIOUS ANEMIA. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT?

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VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID

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WHICH ANEMIA IS CAUSED BY FAILURE OF THE BONE MARROW TO PRODUCE NEW BLOOD CELLS?

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APLASTIC

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HEREDITARY XU OF COAGULATION IS REFERRED TO AS

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HEMOPHILIA (BLOOD CANT CLOT PROPERLY)

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STOPPAGE OF BLEEDING IS CALLED

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HEMOSTASIS

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AN INCREASE IN THE # OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS IS CALLED

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LEUKOCYTOSIS

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THE RBC INDICES PROVIDES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT RBC’S EXCEPT?

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SHAPE OF RBC’S

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IN THE RBC INDICES TEST, IRON XU ANEMIA WHICH HAS BEEN DETECTED LATE IS CHARACTERIZED BY RBCS WHICH ARE

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SMALLER THAN NORMAL

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IN THE RBC INDICES TEST, VITAMIN B12 AND FOLIC ACID XU ANEMIAS ARE CHARACTERIZED BY RBCS WHICH ARE

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LARGER THAN NORMAL

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THE RBC COUNT, HEMATOCRIT, AND HEMOGLOBIN TESTS ARE INTEGRAL IN EVALUATING ANEMIC PATIENTS AND

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PATIENTS WITH ONGOING BLEEDING PROBLEMS

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THE RBC INDICES TEST IS USEFUL IN CLASSIFYING

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ANEMIAS

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED WBC COUNT?

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BONE MARROW FAILURE

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WBC COUNT IS ESPECIALLY HELPFUL IN DIRECTLY EVALUATING ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

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THE RBC COUNT BLOOD TEST IS RELATED TO THE HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD TEST AND

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THE HEMATOCRIT BLOOD TEST

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A HIGH WBC COUNT INDICATES

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THE CBC DOES NOT INCLUDE

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BLOOD SMEAR COUNT

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NEUTROPHILS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT INFECTION?

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LYMPHOCYTES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT INFECTION?

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MONOCYTES ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT INFECTION?

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INGEST PATHOGENS VIA PHAGOCYTOSIS

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EOSINOPHILS ASSOCIATED WITH WHAT INFECTION?

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PARASITIC INFECTIONS AS WORMS OR PROTOZOA

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IgE FOR WHAT ?

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EOSINOPHILS AND BASOPHILS

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BASOPHILS CONTAIN WHAT?

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UNIVERSAL RECEPTOR?

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UNIVERSAL DONOR?

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WITH CRITICALLY LOW HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS, PATIENTS ARE AT A GREAT RISK FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT?

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A LOW RBC COUNT INDICATES?

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THE PLATELET COUNT IS ROUTINELY PERFORMED ON PATIENTS WITH?

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BLEEDING PROBLEMS

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THE RETICULOCYTE COUNT BLOOD TEST EVALUATES WHAT?

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EVALUATES RBC PRODUCTION BY THE BONE MARROW

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ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE IS UTILIZED TO TRACK?

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INFLAMMATORY PROCESSES

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LOW BLOOD CHLORIDE LEELS ARE SEEN IN?

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PROLONGED VOMITING OR DIARRHEA

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THE DRUG WARFARIN WORKS BY?

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SLOWING CLOTTING TIME

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THE GENERIC NAME FOR ANTICOAGULANT DRUGS ALL END WITH?

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PLASMA PROTEINS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE BODY DEFENSE ARE THE ?

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IMMUNOGLOBINS

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CD4 HELPER CELLS AND CD8 SUPPRESSOR CELLS ARE EXAMPLES OF ?

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T LYMPHOCYTES FROM THE THYMUS

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Q

THE WINDOW PERIOD IN AIDS LASTS?

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USUALLY 2-12 WEEKS BUT POSSIBLY AS LONG AS 6 MONTHS

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WHAT CD4 CELL COUNT IS INDICATIVE THAT AN HIV INFECTED PERSON WILL DEVELOP AIDS?

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<200 CELLS/MM3

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE?

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OSTEOARTHRITIS

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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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HAVE TO BE REPORTED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT

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Q

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FIRST SIGNS OF INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS IS ?

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SEVERE SORE THROAT

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WHICH TYPE OF LEUKEMIA?

ALL AGES <6 MONTHS
SUDDEN ONSET
PROM. ANEMIA
CHEMO, RADIATION, STEM CELLS

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WHAT TYPE OF LEUKEMIA?

ADULTS
INSIDIOUS
MILD ANEMIA
CHEMO
PROM. FEVER
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HODGKINS OR NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA?

YOUNG ADULT AND >55 Y/O
CONTAGIOUS
ASSOCIATED WITH EBV
WEIGHT LOSS &amp; FATIGUE
LOW GRADE FEVER &amp; NIGHT SWEATS
ITCHING
Reed-Sternberg cells IN LAB
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HODGKINS OR NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA?

PEAK AGE IS 20-24
NON-CONTAGIOUS
ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOIMMUNE OR HIV
NIGHT SWEAT &amp; FEVER
NONPAINFUL
ANEMIA
UNRESPONSIVE TO ANTIBIOTICS
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NON HODGKINS

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DO LEUKEMIA PATIENTS BRUISE EASILY?

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DO HODGKINS OR NON HODGKINS LYMPHOMA HAVE CHEST PAIN?

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DO LEUKEMIA PATIENTS HAVE INCREASED BODY INFECTIONS?

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WHAT DOES A HIGH HEMATOCRIT MEAN?

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DEHYDRATION

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WHAT DOES A LOW HEMATOCRIT MEAN?

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XS DESTRUCTION OF RBS OR BLOOD LOSS

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WHAT DOES THE MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME MEASURE?

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THE AVERAGE SIZE OF RBC

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MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN MEASURES?

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AMOUNT OF HEMOGLOBIN IN RBC

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MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION MEASURES?

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CONCENTRATION OF HGB IN RBC

88
Q

IS THE BLOOD SMEAR COUNT A TEST FOR SHAPE?

89
Q

PHILIA IS ?

90
Q

PENIA IS?

91
Q

WHAT IS CRP?

A

ACUTE, CAN DETECT AFTER 24 HOURS

92
Q

WHAT IS ESR?

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CHRONIC, CAN DETECT AFTER ALL THE TIME (3 MONTHS)

93
Q

NAME TWO ANTICOAGULANTS AND THEIR SIDE EFFECTS?

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WARFARIN AND HEPARIN

BLEEDING

94
Q

T/F

WARFARIN CAN CROSS THE PLACENTA THUS CONTRA. IN PREGNANCY

95
Q

NAME AN ANTI-PLATELET DRUG AND SIDE EFFECT?

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ASPIRIN

GASTRIC ULCERS, BLEEDING, REYES SYNDROME

96
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T/F

ANTIBODIES/IMMUNOGLOBULINS MADE BY PLASMA CELLS, DERIVED FROM B LYMPHOCYTES?

97
Q

T/F

THERE ARE 5 DIFF. ANTIBODIES

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WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT ANTIBODY?

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WHAT ANTIBODY CAN CROSS THE PLACENTA?

100
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WHAT ANTIBODY IF FOUND IN SECRETIONS; SALIVA, TEARS, BREAST MILK

101
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WHAT ANTIBODY IS A SECONDARY RESPONSE ?

102
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WHAT ANTIBODY IS A PRIMARY RESPONSE?

103
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SHAPE OF THE IgM ANTIBODY?

A

PENTAMER, BINDS TO 10 ANTIGENS

104
Q

WHAT ANTIBODY BINDS MAST CELLS AND BASOPHILS?

105
Q

T/F

AUTOIMMUNITY IS AN IMMUNE REACTION AGAINST SELF MOLECULES

106
Q

WHAT IS A CLASS OF NON SELF MOLECULES?

107
Q

WHAT IS THE 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD LINE OF DEFENSE?

A

BLOCK ENTRY, FIGHT LOCAL INFECTIONS AND COMBAT MAJOR INFECTIONS

108
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WHAT IS THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE?

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NON SPECIFIC BARRIERS

SKIN, MUCOUS MEMBRANES, NASAL HAIRS, CILIA, VAGINAL SECRETIONS, URINE, FLORA, TEARS, SALIVA, SWEAT, EAR WAX

109
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WHAT IS THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE?

A

FIGHT LOCAL INFECTIONS W/ INFLAMMATION PROCESS

PHAGOCYTOSIS

110
Q

WHAT IS THE THIRD LINE OF DEFENSE?

A

TAKES LONGER TO REACT
WORKS ON SPECIFIC INVADERS
WHOLE BODY PROTECTION

111
Q

BASIC AIDS-HIV INFO

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  • EARLY STAGES PATIENT CAN DEVELOP FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS
    -MONITOR CD4 EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR HIV PATIENTS
    >200 CELLS/MM3
112
Q

WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS TO AIDS?

A 
HPV
SALMONELLA
SCABIES
HERPES
MENINGITIS
CANDIDIASIS
STAPHYL.
113
Q

MRSA SHORT FOR?

A

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

114
Q

WHAT IS IMPETIGO?

A

CONTAGIOUS SUPERFICIAL INFECTION OF THE SKIN; AFFECTING EPIDERMIS

115
Q

MENINGITIS SYMPTOMS

A

HIGH FEVER, NECK STIFFNESS AND HA

116
Q

CAUSE FOR MENINGITIS?

A

GROUP B STREP AND E COLI IN NEWBORNS

117
Q

MONONUCLEOSIS CAUSED BY WHAT?

A

EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS

118
Q

CONJUNCTIVITIS / PINK EYE DUE TO ?

A

CAUSE IS ADENOVIRUS

119
Q

CHILDHOOD CONDITIONS?

“MMR”

A

MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA

120
Q

T/F

MUMPS MAY CAUSE INFERTILITY

121
Q

WHAT IS PERTUSSIS?

A

HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS WHOOPING COUGH

122
Q

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS?

A

STIFFNESS AND WARM SWOLLEN JOINTS, MORNING STIFFNESS, AFFECTS JOINTS SYMMETRICALLY

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