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Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (Erythroblastosis fetalis)

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Result of fetal red blood cell destruction by mom antibodies against Rh+

Presents with anemia, jaundice, generalized edema (hydrops fetalis) and release of immautre, nucleated erythrocytes w/ extramedullary hematopoesis

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Rivaroxaban

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Inhibits Factor Xa, used in venous thrombosis and atrial fibrillation

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3
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Remember that Hemophilia A and B are

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X-linked recessive

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4
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Kupffer cells

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Sign of iron overload

Yellowish-brown cytoplasmic granules

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Kaposi’s Sarcoma

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Blue-violet skin plaquq, associated with HIV+ patients, caused by HSV-8

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6
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Methotrexate leads to increase in

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Dihydrofolic acid polyglutamate

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7
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Methrotrexate structurally like

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Folic Acid

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Schilling test

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Performed to identify the cause of vitamin B12 deficiency

Low absorption of cobalamin not corrected by IF indicates malabsorptive syndromes

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9
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Effects of liver disease on Coag factors

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7 has the shortest half life, so they die the fastest.

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Vomiting Reflex receptors

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Muscarinic M1
Dopaminergic D2
Histaminic H1
Serotonergic 5-HT3
Neurokin 1 NK1
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Abciximab blocks

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GPIIbIIIa receptors on platelets, which bind fibrin

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12
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Polycythemia vera is a _______ disorder characterized by uncontrolled _______ production with a mutation in _____

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Myeloproliferative, erythrocyte, JAK2 (tyrosine kinase cytoplasmic receptor associated with EPO receptors)

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Polycythema Vera presents with

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Aquagenic pruritus, facial plethoera and splenomegaly

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Chronic myeloproliferative disorders, such as Polycythema vera, essential thrombocytosis and primary myelofibrosis often have am utation in

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v617F, the cytolasmic tyrosine kinase, Janus Kinase 2 which results in constitutibe tyrosine kinase activity

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15
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Transketolase and transaldolase carry out _______ of the _____

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nonoxidative reactions, HMP shunt

Helps synthesize ribose from fructose 6 phoshate (a nonoxidative reaction)

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16
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BRCA 1 and BRCA2 are involved in

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DNA repair

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17
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Late step derangements of the porphryn synthesis leads to ________, whereas early derangement leads to ______ manifestations

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photosensitivity, neuropsychiatric

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Late stage porphryn derangement

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Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase = Porphyria cutanea tarda

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Early Stage Porphryn Derangement

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Porphobilinogen deaminase (Acute intermittent porphyria)

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20
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Raltegravir is

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An integrase inhibitor that disrupts HIV genome integration into the host cell, prevention HIV mRNA synthesis

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21
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Hodgins Lymphoma has _____ cells on lymph node biopsy

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Reed-sternberg (owl eye) cells

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22
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Hemolytic Uremic syndrome (HUS) presents with _______

Lab abnormalities are_______

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Acute kidney injury, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia

Increased bleeding time, lactate dehydrogenasem bili, BUN and crea

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23
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Lymphocytes with cytoplasmic projections are seen in

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Hairy Cell leukemia

24
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What happens in hairy cell leukemia

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Indolent b cell neoplasms infiltrate the bone marrow leading to fibrosis and bone marrow failure, leading to dry taps

And splenomegaly

25
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Desmopressin increases

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vWF and Factor VIII

26
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How long do we store Vit B12?

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Up to several years as opposed to the water based vitamins

27
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With regards to cancer, what is the effect of an overactive P450 pxidase system? And which enzyme particularly?

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Increase risk of cancer, nd microsomal monoxygenase

28
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What is essential for the diagnosis of TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic prupura)?

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Hemolytic anemia

29
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One common presentation of SCD, (sickle cell)

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Dactylisis, which is painful swelling of hands and feet

30
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Polyclonal proliferation is _____ in lymph nodes, whereas monoclonal proliferation is _____

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Normal, abnormal

31
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Von willebrand disease presents with _____ labs

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increased PTT and bleeding time

32
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Aspiring irreversibly inhibits:

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COX1 and COX2

33
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Rituximab is a monoclonal antibody targetd against

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CD20 (b cells)

34
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Mutations that result in a loss of _____ positive charge causes Hemoglobin A to resemble _____

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2,3-BPG binding pocket, fetal hemoglobin

35
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Auer rods are deformed azurophilic granules found i nthe cytoplasm of myeloblasts that stain positive for:

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myeloperoxidase

36
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____ often presents as a mediastinal mass that can cause respiratory syndromes, dysphagia or superior vena cava syndrome

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T-ALL

37
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Li-fraumeni syndrome is caused by an AD mutation in tumor suppressor gene ____ and is associated with which tumors

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TP53, Leukemia, sarcomas and tumors of the breat, brain and adrenal cortex

38
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HER2 is what kind of receptor, and which drug targets it

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Tyrosine kinase and traztusumab

39
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BCL-2 normally does what

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inhibits cell death cascade

40
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The underlying biochemical feature of megaloblastosis is a defect in

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DNA synthesis

41
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Patients with hemochromatosis are at increased risk for

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cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma

42
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What can cause a left shift (or increased o2 affinity) in the Hemoglobin dissociation curve?

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Decreased temp, increased Ph, decreased 2,3 diphosphoglycerate

43
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What does the product of c-myc do

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it is a trasncription activator

44
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What is tumor lysis syndrome?

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Rapid turnover leading to hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia, hyperuricemia and hyperkalemia

45
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What does rasburicase do?

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It reduces uric acid levels

46
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What are key growth factors that promote angiogenesis in neoplastic and granulation tissue?

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VEGF and FGF

47
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What is charactertistic of granulomatosis with polyangiitis? (wegener’s)

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Nasal mucosal ulcerations and glomerulonpephritis

48
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Small vessel leukocytosis angiitis associated with IgA and C3 deposition is typical of

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Henoch Schoenlein purpura (HSP)

49
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Two important opsonins

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IgG and C3b

50
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Most important mediator of sepsis is:

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TNF-a

51
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Calcineurin activates ___, which promotes ____

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IL2, growth and differention of T cells

52
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Which drugs inhibit Calcineurin

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Cyclosporine and tacrolimus

53
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Which drugs are contraindicated in hereditary angioedema

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ACE inhibitors (increases bradykinin levels)

54
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When should first gen antihistamines be avoided?

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Older patients with cognitive or functional impairments

55
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Polyhydramnios is a result of either

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Insufficient fetal swallowing or urine overproduction

56
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Flat facial features, excessive skin at neck, ventricular septal defec, duodenal atresia

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Downs trisomy 21

57
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The external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is at risk during _____ and it inervates the _____

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thyroidectory, cricothyroid

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