Heme/Immuno Flashcards
When does fetal hemoglobin essentially disappear
6 months (<1% fetal is left)
2 conditions that are protective from malaria
G6PD and sickle cell
Heinz bodies seen in which 2 conditions
G6PD and alpha-thal
Methemoglobinemia:
- how is it inherited?
- when is cyanosis first seen, and when does it become symptomatic?
- treatment?
- Hgb M is auto doMinant, cytochrome B5 Reductase is auto Recessive
- cyanosis first seen at 10%, diminished oxygen transport at 30%
- Tx with methylene blue (response is diagnostic and therapeutic)
- contraindicated in G6PD (worsen hemolysis); Hb M will not respond
- think if cyanosis with low SaO2, normal PaO2 that doesn’t respond to oxygen
What is Kostmann syndrome?
Mutations in elastase gene
Arrest of neutrophils as promyelocytes –> severe congenital cyclic neutropenia
Also see epilepsy and cognitive delay
Tx: GCSF
What is Shwachman-Diamond syndrome?
- Bone marrow dysfunction (cytopenias, esp neutropenia), exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (steatorrhea), and skeletal dysplasia
- remember as shwachman anemia
- Presentation: steatorrhea, cytopenias (or at least neutropenia), FTT, maybe skeletal dysplasia
- Tx: panc enzymes
What is Fanconi anemia
- how is it inherited
- what body parts have defects
- what are the heme defects
- Dx
- Tx
- Defective double strand DNA repair
- abnormal or absent thumbs, no radii, café au lait spots, short stature, microcephaly, renal anomalies
- aplastic anemia and macrocytic anemia –> predisposition to cancers
- Dx: detection of increased chromosomal fragility in lymphocytes
Tx: may need androgens, BMT
What is Diamond Blackfan anemia?
- what are the physical defects?
- what are the heme defects?
- what are they at increased risk for?
- what is the treatment?
- Pure RBC aplasia
- Cellular defect in ribosome biosynthesis
- microcephaly, cleft palate, abnormal thumbs (triphalanygeal), cardiac defects, short stature and skeletal abnormalities
- Macrocytic anemia - see bone marrow with normal cellularity with absence of red cell precursors
- Increased risk of cancer
- Tx: steroids, BMT
NAIT has a high recurrence rate. What and when is the antenatal treatment of NAIT?
Treatment of NAIT in fetus?
Moms:
Tx - weekly IVIg and steroids
If prior infant with intracranial hemorrhage, start at ~13 weeks; if no ICH, start at ~23 weeks
Babies:
- Platelet transfusions (esp negative for HPA-1a or whatever antibody is present)
- IVIg
- prednisone
How and when do you treat thrombocytosis?
If greater than 1.5 million, give aspirin 5 mg/kg/day
What are symptoms of TAR?
Thrombocytopeni and Absent Radii
but normal thumbs! (Distinguishes from Fanconi and DBA)
also have CHD
Hemophilia A
- how is it inherited
- what’s deficient
- what’s prolonged
- how do you treat
- X-linked recessive
- Factor 8 is deficient
- prolonged PTT
- Tx with F8 (cryo if none available)
Hemophilia B
- how is it inherited
- what’s deficient
- what’s prolonged
- how do you treat
- X-linked recessive
- Factor 9 is deficient
- prolonged PTT
- Tx with F9
Hemophilia C
- how is it inherited
- what’s deficient
- what’s prolonged
- how do you treat
- what is it associated with
- AR (unlike other hemophilias which are XR)
- Factor 11 is deficient
- prolonged PTT
- Tx with FFP
- associated with Noonan’s (which is inherited AD. wtf.)
Factor 13 deficiency
- how is it inherited
- how does it present
- what’s prolonged
- how do you treat
- autosomal recessive
- prolonged bleeding from umbilical stump or after circumcision
- normal coags!!
- tx with F13 or cryo
*Factor 13 is fibrin stabilizing, so have weak clots
Vitamin K deficiency
- what’s prolonged
- which factors are dependent on vitamin K
- prolonged PT (only one!)
- 2, 7, 9, 10, protein C and S are dependent on Vitamin K
Purpura fulminans:
- associated with what infection?
- associated with what heme disorder?
- How is it treated?
- GBS
- protein C/S deficiency
- Tx: Protein C/S, FFP
Tetrad of RVT?
HTN, hematuria, palpable flank mass, and thrombocytopenia
MRI signs of:
- bilirubin encephalopathy
- kernicterus
- globus pallidus, hippocampus
- above plus basal ganglia and cerebellum (cerebral cortex is spared)
Absolute contraindication to phototherapy
If infant has Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria, will get severe bullous lesions on skin, accelerated hemolysis, splenomegaly, pink to red urine that fluoresces orange under UV light
Goal of DVET?
Replace 85% of RBC and 50% of bilirubin