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ITE Heme/Onc Flashcards

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What is PRCA caused by?

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parvo typically

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How to treat PRCA?

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IVIG

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Initial imaging modalities used for patients with monoclonal gammopathy ?

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Low-dose CT

then PET-CT

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A whole-body low dose CT scan negative for smoldering myeloma should be followed by what?

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whole-body MRI

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Guidelines state that patients treated for Multiple Myeloma with proteasome inhibitors (bortezomib) should receive what type of prophylaxis?

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Antiviral (acyclovir, valacyclovir) to avoid herpes zoster

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What is acute chest syndrome?

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SS anemia; where pulmonary vasculature is occluded by sickled cells

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What is the treatment for acute chest syndrome in SS patient’s?

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erythrocyte exchange transfusion

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Most appropriate long-term treatment for high risk antiphospholipid syndrome?

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Warfarin

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What should patients with diagnosed Polycythemia Vera (PV) always be treated with?

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Phlebotomy and aspirin (goal hematocrit should be 45%)

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High Risk Polycythemia Vera with additional risk factors including older age (>60) or a hx of thromboembolic event should receive what?

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cytoreductive therapy: hydroxyurea or interferon-alpha in addition to phlebotomy

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What is the treatment of choice for red blood cell aplasia related to parvovirus?

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IVIG

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Should you always scan a pregnant patient that you suspect a PE in the setting of an elevated D-Dimer? Why or why not?

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No. D-dimer elevation is common in pregnancy and you do not want to subject patient to unnecessary radiation

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What other drug would you want to add if patient was started on Bortezomib? (Hint: think prophylaxis)

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Herpes Zoster prophylaxis: Valacyclovir

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If you suspect Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS) in someone with sickle cell anemia, what is the first thing to do for management?

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Erythrocyte Exchange Transfusion

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What treatment should patients with anti-phospholipid be placed on?

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Warfarin

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What is the most appropriate initial management for PV patients when first diagnosed (especially if they are not exhibiting signs/symptoms)?

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Low dose aspirin and phlebotomy

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What are medicinal options for patients with PV and symptoms (or frequent phlebotomy)?

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Hydroxyurea and interferon-alpha

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What agent is indicated in PV when patient is symptomatic and has resistant symptoms (1st line therapy failed)?

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Ruxolitinib

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Characterized by anemia, reticulocytosis, elevated LDH, low haptoglobin and an indirect bilirubinemia

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Hemolytic Anemia

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How to confirm diagnosis of Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia?

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Direct Antiglobulin Test (DAT)

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How to reduce risk of febrile neutropenia when initiating chemotherapy?`

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Start G-CSF at the time of chemotherapy

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Increased aPTT pathway in setting of common post-surgical bleeding could indicate what?

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Factor level decrease (Factor 8, 9 and 12)

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23
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Difference between alpha thal trait and carrie?

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Alpha trait: elevated MCV and anemia

Alpha carrier: no anemia and normal or decreased MCV

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Difference between alpha-thal and beta-thal?

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Alpha-thal: normal hemoglobin electrophoresis

Beta-thal: abnormal hemoglobin electrophoresis

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Difference between beta thal minor and Hemoglobin E trait?

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Beta thal: decreased Hgb A components

Hemoglobin E trait: elevated Hgb E (>50%)

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Patients with mild forms of hereditary spherocytosis should be monitored and placed on what medication?

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folate

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If patient, who has hereditary spherocytosis, develops transfusion dependence, symptomatic anemia, and massive splenomegaly, what is the indicated treatment?

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Splenectomy

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Platelet levels of gestational thrombocytopenia and ITP?

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Gestational: rare and rarely go under 100k

ITP: first trimester low platelets and less than 70k

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(9;22) mutation is associated with what cancer?

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CML

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30
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What’s the treatment for CML?

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Imatinib which is a TKI

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Fever, dyspnea, hypotension, flank pain, and pink colored urine appearing shortly after blood transfusion

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Acute hemolytic transfusion reaction; tx is volume expansion and supportive care

32
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Prolonged aPTT time should prompt what diagnostic test?

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Mixing Study

33
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How to additionally treat HIGH-RISK acute myeloid leukemia after completing induction chemotherapy?

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Stem Cell transplant

34
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How to treat anemia of chronic inflammation?

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Treat the source; for instance, if PMR is suspected, start prednisone

35
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How to manage minimally symptomatic ITP?

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glucocorticoids; only give platelet transfusion if platelets are between 10-20k

36
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Sepsis patient who then develops low platelets, prolonged coag studies, low fibrinogen, and elevated D-Dimer

37
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What level of platelets require a transfusion if patient is about to undergo an invasive procedure?

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less than 50,000

38
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How much should one unit of platelets transfused increase the total count?

39
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What drugs cause neutropenia?

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Methimazole and thionamides

40
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In older patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis or Budd-Chiari syndrome, what should be tested?

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Myeloproliferative disorders; order a JAK-2 tyrosine Kinase test

41
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What should you do in a patient with supratherapeutic INR less than 10 and is asymptomatic?

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just watch and wait; follow up with INR weekly

42
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INR greater than 10

43
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INR greater than 10 and life-threatening BLEEDING

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Vitamin K and PCC should be administered

44
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Patients with essential thrombocythemia who have JAK2V617F mutation, what treatment regimen should be started?

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aspirin and hydroyxurea

45
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The initial tests you should order with immune thrombocytopenic purpura should include what?

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HIV and Hep C = early signs are low platelets

46
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What medication do you use for life-threatening bleeding on dabigatran?

A

Idarucizumab

47
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What medication do you use to reverse Factor Xa inhibitors (Eliquis, Xarelto)?

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Andexanet alfa

48
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What vaccines are indicated for a patient starting chemotherapy for MM?

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13-valent pneumococcal
23-valent pneumococcal
yearly influenza vaccine

49
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What are some underlying causes of erythrocytosis?

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Hypoxia = smoking and OSA must be treated first

50
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Young age onset of bleeding symptoms and family history of bleeding; typically mucocutaneous, and menorrhagia and bleeding after minor procedures; aPTT would be normal or prolonged

A

vWD disease

51
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Macrocytic anemia with MCV of 110-115 would commonly include what differential?

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  1. B12/folate deficiency
  2. treatment of HIV infection with anti-retrovirals
  3. Hydroxyurea
52
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How to treat DIC?

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Treat the underlying disorder (ie. sepsis)

Also, platelet transfusions, cryoprecipitate, and fresh frozen plasma are provided as needed

53
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How to treat Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia when patient has Hgb less than 7 and is symptomatic and hemodynamically unstable?

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HAVE TO STABILIZE; use cross type erythrocyte transfusion therapies to get blood counts up; think about autoimmune treatments after

54
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What disease causes an IgM monoclonal gammopathy?

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Waldenstroms macroglobulinemia (hyper IgM syndrome); can cause hyperviscosity

55
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How to immediately treat hyperviscosity syndrome associated with Waldenstrom?

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Plasmapheresis

56
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Middle aged patient with headache, altered mentation, change in vision and hearing, nystagmus and ataxia

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Hyperviscosity syndrome

57
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Patient with hemolytic anemia with a positive direct antiglobulin test to anticomplement (C3) but, not IgG

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Cold agglutinin

58
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Cold agglutinin can arise as a primary process or secondary to what?

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infection, lymphoproliferative disorder, autoimmune disease

59
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What is the management of upper extremity DVT associated with central venous catheter?

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Left in: continue AC until cath is removed up to 3 months

removed: 3 months of AC

60
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Which anticoagulant has lowest renal elimination?

61
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Treatment of acute TTP?

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Plasma Exchange with rituximab and glucocorticoids

62
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How to reverse warfarin bleeding?

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4-factor PCC

63
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Protamine sulfate is used to reverse what?

64
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Heterozygous C282Y mutation of HFE gene without H63D or S65C in hemachromatosis

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No treatment

65
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Management of superficial DVT that measures greater than 5cm?

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6 weeks of oral DOAC

66
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Patients requiring chronic blood transfusions should be monitored for what?

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evidence of iron overload with serial ferritin measurements; consider MRI to evaluate if iron deposition is suspected in heart/liver

67
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Patients requiring chronic blood transfusions should be monitored for what?

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evidence of iron overload with serial ferritin measurements; consider MRI to evaluate if iron deposition is suspected in heart/liver

68
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What is the treatment for secondary iron overload?

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iron chelation therapy

69
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What is the treatment for secondary iron overload?

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iron chelation therapy

70
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What factor is most specific to the liver when evaluating for coagulopathy of liver disease?

71
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What are one of the medications that can cause hemolytic anemia associated with G6PD deficiency?

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Nitrofurantoin

72
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Patient who has newly diagnosed triple positive anti-phospholipid disorder should be initiated with what therapy in the hospital? What oral medication should be initiated after discharge?

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Heparin bridge to warfarin

73
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In patients taking DAP following coronary revascularization with significant hemorrhage, the best strategy is what?

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discontinue Plavix and continue aspirin at least

74
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How to treat Hemophilia A patients who are bleeding?

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Factor 7; PCC; or porcine derived factor 8 concentrate

75
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What medication can you give patient with MDS with 5q-cytogenic abnormality who are transfusion dependent?

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Lenalidomide

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