Hemolytic disease of newborn

Question 1

True or false: At birth, small amounts of fetal blood leak into the maternal circulation

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

True or false: If rhe baby is RH+ and mother RH-, she will develop antibodies to the RH factor

Answer 2

True

Question 3

During her next pregnancy with an Rh+ baby, when she transfers antibodies to the fetus(a normal occurrence), transferred anti Rh antibodies will attack some of the fetus’ red blood cells causing agglutination and hemolysis: true or false

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Disorders: Anemia is the condition where the

Answer 4

Oxygen carrying capacity of blood is reduced due to a decreased number of RBCs or a decreased amount of hemoglobin

Question 5

Types of anemia

Answer 5

• iron-deficiency anemia
• megablostic anemia
  -pernicious anemia
  -hemorrhagic anemia
  -hemolytic anemia
  -Aplastic anemia

Question 6

Hemophilia is an

Answer 6

Inherited deficiency of clotting in which bleeding may occur spontaneously or after minor trauma

Question 7

Leukemia os a group of

Answer 7

Red bone marrow cancers in which abnormal white blood cells multiply uncontrollably