Heme & Endocrine Flashcards
Treatment for hyperkalemia
calcium chloride
d50 1 amp
insulin IV 10 units
maybe albuterol
Treatments for hypercalcemia
saline infusion IV bisphosphonates calcitonin glucocoriticoids dialysis
MCC of iron def anemia
chronic blood loss
Vit b12 versus b9(folic acid). Which one has neurological sxs?
Vit b12
Before diagnosing folic acid def anemia you must rule out
cobalamin deficiency
after eating fava beans
hemolytic anemia (intrinsic)
pruritis after a warm shower
polycythemia vera
philadelphia chromosome
CML
isolated lymphocytosis and smudge cells
CLL
MC adult leukemia
AML
auer rods
AML
MC CA in children
ALL
cells expressiong TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase)
ALL
TOC for CML
Imatinib (Gleevec)
sudan black esterase
AML
Painless LAN following EtOH
Hodgkin Lymphoma
Reed Sternberg Cells
Hodgkin Lymphoma
TOC Hodgkin Lymphoma
ABVD
doxorubicin, bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine
bence jones protein in urine
multiple myeloma
“punched out” lytic lesions on xray
multiple myeloma