Heme/Immune Flashcards
B12 def
neuro findings, high MCV
causes of B12 def
pernicious anemia (anti-IF Ab)
terminal ileitis
vegan
B12 def with normal B12
high homocysteine and methylmalonic acid
G6PD def
post sulfa drug hemolytic anemia
Hereditary Spherocytosis
mild anemia
high MCHC
splenomegaly
family history
Hyperhemolytic crisis
vaso-occlusion
splenic-sequestion
sickle cell patient profoundly anemic
Sickle Cell Complications
acute chest syndrome
salmonella osteomyelitis
avascular necoris of femoral head
Vaccines to give someone without spleen
pneumococcal
mening
Hib
(encapsulated)
TTP
fever, mental status changes
SCHISTOCYTES
renal dysfunction, low platelets
Cause of TTP
ADAM TS-13/vWF cleaving protease
CLL
older, massive LAD
spleen
WBC 30K with lymphs
CML
high WBC in all lines
mild illness
9:22/brc-abl translocation
CML treatment
imatinib
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
15:17 translocation
treat with all-trans-retinoic acid
Multiple Myeloma
anemia, renal failure, older
high Ca, high prot,albumin, narrow anion gap
Multiple Myeloma mechanism
osteoclast activating factors (Il-6)
ITP
post URI, normal WBC, HCT, platelets 5K
megakaroycytes on bone marrow biopsy
HUS
toxogenic E coli
child, bloody diarrhea than AKI
thrombocytopenia, anemia
Cis-platin/carboplatin
nephrotoxicity
acoustic nerve damage
Bleomycin/busulfan
pulmonary fibrosis
Vincristine
pierpheral neuropathy
Doxorubicin
cardiotoxicity
cyclophosphamide
hemorrhagic cystitis
Trastuzumab
mab against HER2, tyrosine kinase
CHF
Rituximab
ab against Cd-20
on most B cell neoplasms (NHL)
Omalizumab
anti-IgE
severe asthma