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Intro to Anemia - Kroft Flashcards

1
Q

What ultimately causes the pathology in anemia?

A

decreased oxygen delivery to the tissues

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2
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What are five adaptations to anemia?

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1) Increased Red Blood Cell Production
2) Increased 2,3-DPG
3) Shunting Blood from Non-vital Organs
4) Increased Cardiac Output
5) Increased Pulmonary Function

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3
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Is anemia a symptom or a disease?

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A symptom; a cause must be found for anemia

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4
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What are the three GENERAL causes of anemia?

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Blood loss
Decreased Production
Accelerated Destruction

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5
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How are anemias classified?

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Morphlogically, by size and/or color

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6
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What are some causes of microcytic anemia?

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Iron deficiency
Thalassemia traits
Hemoglobinopathy

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7
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What are some causes of normocytic anemia?

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Chronic Disease
Renal Failure
Marrow Infiltration
Aplastic Anemia
Blood Loss
Hemolysis
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8
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What are some causes of macrocytic anemia?

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B12/Folate deficiency
Liver Disease
Myelodysplastic syndrome
Drugs

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9
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What are the most useful tests for an anemia?

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Hemoglobin Concentration- determines ability to carry O2

Mean Corpuscular Volume- determines class of anemia

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10
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What is the difference between a megaloblastic and a non-megaloblastic macrocytic anemia?

What are some causes of megaloblastic anemia?

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Megaloblastics are caused from impaired DNA synthesis

B12/Folate deficiency
some drugs
Myelodysplastic syndromes

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11
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What are some common causes of spherocytes?

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Hereditary spherocytosis

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia

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12
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What are some causes of target cells?

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Liver Disease
Splenectomy
Hemoglobinopathies

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13
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What are some causes of elliptocytes?

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Hereditary elliptocytosis
Megaloblastic Anemia
Iron Deficiency

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What are some causes of teardrop cells?

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Megaloblastic Anemia
MYelodysplastic Syndrome
Extramedullary Hematopoiesis

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What are some causes of schistocytes?

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Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
Malignant Hypertension

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16
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What causes bite cells?

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G6PD Deficiency

17
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What do hypochromic and hyperchromic cells indicate?

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hypochromia indicates a lack of hemoglobin

hyperchromia indicates very high levels of hemoglobin

18
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What are Howell-Jolly Bodies?

In which conditions can you see them?

A

Howell-Jolly bodies are nuclear inclusions

Splenectomy, Megaloblastic anemia

19
Q

What are Pappenheimer bodies?

In which conditions can you see them?

A

Iron granules

Splenectomy, Iron overload

20
Q

What is basophilic stippling?

In which conditions can you see them?

A

Ribosomes with RNA accumulation

Lead poisoning
Thallesemia

21
Q

What is a rouleaux?

What does it indicate?

A

Stacking of red blood cells

increased serum proteins

22
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What is agglutination?

What does it indicate?

A

clumping of red blood cells

presence of IgM RBC antibodies

23
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What are the stages seen in anemia due to acute blood loss?

A
  • initial lack of anemia
  • fluid movement from intracellular to extracellular compartments causes anemia
  • reticulocyte counts increase 7-10 post hemorrhage
24
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What is seen in anemia due to chronic blood loss?

A

Increased reticulocytes and iron deficiency after enough time

25
Q

Where does RBS production take place as an embryo? As a fetus?

A

Yolk sac

Liver

26
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What are normoblasts?

A

Nucleated RBC precursors (AKA erythroblasts)

27
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How do normoblasts acquire iron?

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Transferrin from the blood transports iron to normoblasts

28
Q

How many reticulocytes are produced from a normoblast?

What is the reticulocytes:normoblasts in the marrow?

A

16

about 1:1

29
Q

How long do reticulocytes stay in the marrow?

How long after being released from the marrow do they mature?

A

1-2 days

about a day

30
Q

What are reticulocyte counts used to measure?

How is the reticulocyte count presented?

A

RBC production

Corrected for hemoglobin
Reticulocyte % *(Hg/45)

31
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What are some general causes of decreased RBC production?

A

Decreased Erythropoietin
Stem cell defect
Marrow Replacement
Congential Disorders

32
Q

Describe the general structure of an RBC

A
  • Biconcave disc
  • Extremely flexible
  • Osmotically flexible
  • supported by ankyrins, spectrins, and membrane proteins
33
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Why doesn’t increased destruction of RBCs usually cause problems?

A

Given enough folate, iron, and otherwise good health, the marrow can produce RBCs at 8 times the rate needed in a typical person

34
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What causes extravascular hemolysis?

A

Decreased RBC deformability

35
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What happens to heme when a RBC is lysed?

A

It is scavenged by a macrophage or picked up by hemopexin/haptoglobin and taken to the liver

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