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normocytic anemia Flashcards

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what is a hypoproliferative anemia and what are the subtypes?

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  • normocytic anemia with low reticulocyte count
  • disease/inflammation (2/3)
  • aplastic anemia
  • chronic renal failure
  • medications
  • infections
  • leukemias
  • myodysplastic syndromes
  • marrow infiltrative malignancy
  • endocrine
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disease/inflammation pathophys

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  • increased immune activation and release of cytokines
  • hepcidin - decreases iron absorption and release of iron from macrophages “functional iron deficiency”
  • decreased EPO, erythropoiesis, RBC lifespan
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contrast iron deficiency anemia with anemia of chronic disease

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in chronic disease, ferritin and transferrin and Tsat are not affected much. marrow stores remain high and there are inflammatory markers

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characteristics of aplastic anemia

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  • diminished hematopoietic precursors due to injury to pluripotent stem cells
  • pancytopenia
  • empty bone marrow (aplasia)
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aplastic anemia involving purely RBCs is called

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pure red cell aplasia

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causes of aplastic anemia

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- primary
idiopathic
Franconi Anemia (congenital)
- secondary
drug side effect (anticonvulsants, antibiotics, ASA)
chemo
radiation
benzene
viruses - parvo, EB
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aplastic anemia diagnosis

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  • blood smear for pancytopenia

- marrow smear for hypocellularity, high fat content

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aplastic anemia usually accompanied by

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leukopenia and thrombocytopenia which are more clinically serious

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aplastic anemia treatment

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  • bone marrow transplant
  • anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG
  • EPO, G-CSF
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in chronic kidney disease, at what renal function percentage does anemia usually present?

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30%

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pathophys of anemia of chronic kidney disease

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  • decreased renal function means decreased renal cortical cells and decreased EPO
  • RBC rigidity may mean shorter lifespan
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other causes of hypoproliferative anemia

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  • drugs - chemo, antibiotics
  • infection
  • malignancy - tumor into bone marrow
  • endocrine - hypothyroidism, panhypopituitarism, low T
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what is the first question we ask when we have normocytic anemia and high reticulocyte count?

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is there bleeding?

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definition of hemolysis

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early destruction of red blood cells, usually before 100 days

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what are schistocytes and spherocytes and when are they seen?

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schistocytes - fragments of destroyed RBCs in circulations
spherocytes - RBCs with damaged membranes that take on a spherical look

both are seen in intravascular hemolysis

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explain the diagnostic significance of haptoglobin and hemoglobin in hemolytic anemia

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haptoglobin binds free hemoglobin released from lysed RBCs. in severe anemia, the haptoglobin will all be bound so the haptoglobin count will be low. after haptoglobin saturation, the free hemoglobin will cause hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuria.

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hemolytic anemia diagnosis

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  • anemia with increased reticulocytes should tip you off

- confirmation with increased LDH, increased indirect bilirubin, or decreased haptoglobin

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contrast intravascular and extravascular hemolysis

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  • both will have decreased haptoglobin
  • extravascular is more likely to have spherocytes while intravascular is more likely to have schistocytes
  • hemoglobinemia and hemoglobinuria are present in intravascular
  • extravascular is where most normal RBC breakdown occurs due to senescence.
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name some types of normocytic anemia with a high reticulocyte count

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  • hemorrhage
  • hemolytic (various types)
  • enzymatic
  • membranopathy
  • hemoglobinopathy
  • infection
20
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pathogenesis of immune mediated hemolytic anemia

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  • antibodies bind RBCs
  • splenic macrophages bind antibodies at FC receptor
  • antigen-antibody complex pitted
  • RBC reseals as microspherocyte
21
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how do we test for immune mediated HA?

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  • direct antiglobulin test (DAT)

- direct Coomb’s test

22
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how does a Coomb’s test work?

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antihuman antibodies attach to human antibodies on the RBCs of someone with immune mediated HA

23
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what are the two categories of immune mediated HA?

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warm and cold

24
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how are warm immune mediated HAs defined and what are the types?

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  • IgG antibodies binding at body temperature, lysed in spleen
  • split into thirds, lymphoproliferative, connective tissue like lupus, idiopathic
25
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treatment for warm immune mediated HA

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  • treat underlying disease
  • steroids/immunosuppressants to decrease antibody binding
  • splenectomy?
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how are cold immune mediated HAs defined?

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  • IgM binding to RBCs in cold areas such as nose, fingers, etc.
  • can pick up complement on their way back to the circulation, sometimes lyse in circulation but more often in the liver
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likely causes of cold immune mediated HAs

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  • viral or mycoplasma infections
  • lymphoma or connective tissue disease
  • idiopathic
28
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treatment of cold immune mediated HAs

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  • treat underlying disease
  • preventive (wear gloves, move to warmer climate)
  • splenectomy is NOT an option
29
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three mechanisms of drug induced hemolytic anemia

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1) hapten - exemplified by penicillin, drug and RBC combined are targeted by antibody
2) innocent bystander - exemplified by quinidine, drug attached to plasma protein lands on RBC surface and combines with antibody that also lands there.
3) membrane incorporation - exemplified by methyldopa, drug becomes part of RBC membrane and elicits antibody response

30
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what are microangiopathic HAs (MAHAs) and what are the three subtypes?

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  • non-immune intravascular hemolytic processes
  • prominent RBC fragmentation (schistocytes)
    1) thrombotic thrombocytopenic purport (TTP) - hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
    2) DIC
    3) malfunctioning heart valves
31
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explain the mechanism behind TTP-HUS MAHA and the treatment

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  • thrombocytopenia and fragmentation
  • associated with ADAMTS13 mutation, HIV, shiga toxin, infections, drugs
  • treat with plasmapheresis
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explain mechanism of DIC MAHA and treatment

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  • diffuse coagulation cascade seen during trauma, sepsis, malignancy
  • fragmentation due to fibrin strands
  • treat underlying problem
33
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explain mechanism of valvular disfunction MAHA

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  • fragmentation caused by turbulence and shearing forces
34
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two membranopathy HAs

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  • hereditary spherocytosis, AD

- paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)

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indicators of hereditary spherocytosis

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  • increased bilirubin
  • decreased haptoglobin
  • increased reticulocytes
  • smear with polychromasia and spherocytes
  • splenectomy is effective
36
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what test confirms hereditary spherocytosis?

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osmotic fragility test

37
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explain PNH mechanism, diagnosis, and treatment

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  • acquired genetic defect in PIG-A gene
  • missing GPI anchor molecule (CD59), become vulnerable to complement mediated destruction and intravascular hemolysis
  • episodes of dark urine
  • flow cytometry will show lack of GPI/CD59
  • treat with transfusion, eculizumab (anti-complement), stem cell transplantation
38
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what is the main enzymopathy related HA?

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G6PD deficiency

39
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explain the genetics of G6PD

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  • on x-chromosome

- males are homozygous. heterozygous women are mosaic, only occurs for females if present in RBCs

40
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explain the two different G6PD deficiency syndromes

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  • first is from oxidative stress brought on by drugs, infections, diabetic ketoacidosis, fava beans
  • second involves on-going hemolysis without a drug stress
41
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what do you see on a G6PD deficiency smear?

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Heinz bodies and bite cells

42
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explain the main conceptual difference between hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias

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hemoglobinopathies are qualitative while thalassemias are quantitative diseases. hemoglobinopathies are caused by gene mutations while thalassemias are caused by gene deletions.

43
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what is the most important hemoglobinopathy to understand?

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sickle cell anemia

44
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what causes sickle cell anemia?

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substitution of a valine for glutamic acid as the sixth amino acid on the beta chain gene on chromosome 16

45
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sickle cell trait vs sickle cell disease

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trait occurs with one affected chromosome while the disease occurs when both chromosomes are affected

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