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1
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Define anisocytosis

A

Varying sizes of RBCs

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2
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Define poikilocytosis

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Varying shapes of RBCs

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3
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Define reticulocyte

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immature RBC

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4
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What is contained within the dense granules of platelets?

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ADP and Ca

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5
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What is contained within the alpha granules of platelets?

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vWF and fibrinogen

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6
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What is the vWF receptor on platelets?

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GpIb

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7
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What is the fibrinogen receptor on platelets?

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GpIIb/IIIa

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8
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What is the WBC differential from highest to lowest amount?

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Neutrophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Eosinophils, Basophils (“Neutrophils Like Making Everything Better”)

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9
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Hypersegmented PMNs are seen in what?

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B12/folate deficiency

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10
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Which cell type is the precursor for a macrophage?

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Monocyte

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11
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What activates a macrophage?

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gamma-IF

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12
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Eosinophils defend against which type of infection?

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Helminth

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13
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What are the causes of eosinophilia?

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Neoplasia, Asthma, Allergic processes, CT diseases, Parasites (invasive) (“NAACP”)

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14
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Basophils mediate what?

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Allergic reactions

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15
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What three things do basophils contain?

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Histamine, heparin, and leukotrienes

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16
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What three things do mast cells contain?

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Histamine, heparin, and eosinophil chemotactic factors

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17
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What is the MOA of Cromolyn sodium?

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Prevents mast cell degranulation - used for asthma prophylaxis

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18
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Which two receptors do dendritic cells express?

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MHC Class II and Fc receptors

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19
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Dendritic cells in the skin are called what?

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Langerhans cells

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20
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B cells differentiate into what?

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Plasma cells

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21
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Plasma cells release what?

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Antibodies and memory cells

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22
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Cytotoxic T cells express which CD type and recognize which MHC?

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CD8, MHC I

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23
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Helper T cells express which CD type and recognize which MHC?

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CD4, MHC II

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24
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What is Hemophilia A?

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Deficiency of factor VIII

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25
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What is Hemophilia B?

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Deficiency of factor IX

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26
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Which form of VitK acts as a cofactor for the coagulation cascade: oxidized or reduced?

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Reduced

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27
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VitK is a cofactor for what?

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Precursors of factors II, VII, IX, X, and proteins C and S

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28
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What carries and protects factor VIII?

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vWF

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29
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Antithrombin inhibits activated forms of which factors?

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II, VII, IX, X, XI, XII

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30
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What is the MOA of warfarin?

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Inhibits the enzyme VitK epoxide reductase which reduces VitK

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31
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What is the MOA of heparin?

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Enhances the activity of antithrombin

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32
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What are the principal targets of antithrombin?

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Thrombin and factor Xa

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33
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Protein C does what?

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Cleaves and inactivates Va and VIIIa

34
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What is the very first step of primary hemostasis?

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Transient vasoconstriction via neural reflex and endothelin release from endothelial cells

35
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WP inside endothelial cells holds what?

A

vWF and P-selectin

36
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TxA2 is a derivative of what?

37
Q

What is the MOA of aspirin?

A

Inhibits COX and TXA2 synthesis

38
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What is the MOA of ticlopidine and clopidogrel?

A

Inhibit ADP-induced expression of GpIIb/IIIa

39
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What is the MOA of abciximab?

A

Inhibits GpIIb/IIIa directly

40
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What is the MOA of ristocetin?

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Activates vWF to bind to GpIb

41
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Does infection cause a high or low ESR?

42
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Does pregnancy cause a high or low ESR?

43
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Does CHF cause a high or low ESR?

44
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Does autoimmune disease cause a high or low ESR?

45
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Do malignant neoplasms cause a high or low ESR?

46
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Does HbSS cause a high or low ESR?

47
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Does microcytosis cause a high or low ESR?

48
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Does polycythemia cause a high or low ESR?

49
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Does GI disease cause a high or low ESR?

50
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Does hypofibrinogenemia cause a high or low ESR?

51
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Is petechiae usually indicative or a qualitative or quantitative disorder of platelets?

A

Quantitative (thrombocytopenia)

52
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What is the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in children?

A

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)

53
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What is the most common cause of thrombocytopenia in adults?

A

Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP)

54
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What is the pathophysiology of ITP?

A

Auto-IgG against GpIIb/IIIa

55
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What lab finding is associated with ITP?

A

More megakaryocytes on bone marrow biopsy. Low platelet count. Normal PT/PTT.

56
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What is the common presentation of acute ITP?

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Children, weeks after a viral illness. Self-limited.

57
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What is the common presentation of chronic ITP?

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Females of child-bearing age. May be primary or secondary (SLE). IgG can cross placenta.

58
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What are the treatment options for ITP?

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  1. Corticosteroids - adults with chronic form usually relapse
  2. IVIG - in acute setting with symptomatic bleeding
  3. Splenectomy - remove source of Abs and site of destruction - performed in refractory cases
59
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What is the pathogenesis of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia?

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Pathologic formation of platelet microthrombi in small vessels causes shearing stress of RBCs passing through (schistocytes) which causes hemolysis.

60
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What are the lab findings of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia?

A

Anemia, low platelet count

61
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What are a few underlying causes of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia?

A

TTP and HUS

62
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What is the cause of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)?

A

Inhibition or deficiency of ADAMTS 13 (usu an auto-Ab) which is necessary to degrade multimers of vWF into monomers. This causes increased platelet aggregation and thrombosis. Causes a form of angiopathic hemolytic anemia.

63
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What are the lab findings of TTP?

A

Schistocytes and increased LDH

64
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What are the symptoms of TTP?

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Pentad of neurologic and renal symptoms, fever, thrombocytopenia, and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.

65
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What is the treatment of TTP?

A

Exchange transfusion and steroids

66
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The hematopoietic stem cells expresses which CD?

67
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What is Bernard-Soulier syndrome?

A

Deficiency of GpIb receptors

68
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What can an acanthocyte (spur cell) indicate?

A

Liver disease, abetalipoproteinemia

69
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What can basophilic stippling indicate?

A

Anemia of chronic disease, alcohol abuse, lead poisoning, thalassemias

70
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What can a bite cell indicate?

A

G6PD deficiency

71
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What can a ringed sideroblast indicate?

A

Sideroblastic anemia

72
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What can a schistocyte indicate?

A

DIC, TTP/HUS, traumatic hemolysis, micropathic hemolytic anemia

73
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What can a teardrop cell indicate?

A

Bone marrow infiltration

74
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What can a target cell indicate?

A

HbC disease, asplenia, liver disease, thalassemia

75
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Where is iron absorbed?

A

Duodenum - enterocyte

76
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What is Plummer-Vinson syndrome?

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Triad of iron deficiency anemia, esophageal webs, and atrophic glossitis.

77
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Sideroblastic anemia is due to what?

A

Defect in heme synthesis (usually due to X linked defect of ALAS)

78
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Lead leads to anemia by denaturing what?

A

ALAD and ferrochelatase

79
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In sideroblastic anemia, where is the Fe accumulating?

A

In the mitochondria

80
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What is the treatment of sideroblastic anemia?

81
Q

Alpha thalassemia is due to what?

A

alpha globin gene deletions (chromosome 16)

82
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Beta thalassemia is due to what?

A

point mutations in splice sites and promoter sequences leading to less beta globin synthesis on chromosome 11

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