pediatric anemia Flashcards
what kind of hemolytic anemia gives you splenomegaly
extravascular . . sickle cell
What is a cardio symptom that can be found in an anemic patient . . under 7-8 g/dL
flow murmur
what do you add to a CBC to see if bone marrow is working
reticulocyte count
principle features of intravascular hemolysis
- anemia
- HEMOGLOBINURIA
- HEMOGLOBINEMIA
- HEMOSIDERINURIA
- Jaundice
principle features of extravascular hemolysis
- splenomegaly
- anemia
- jaundice
anemia: hyperpigmentation
Fanconi
anemia: carotenemia
iron deficiency in infants
anemia: ulcers on lower extremities
- sickle cell disease
- thalassemia
anemia: microcornea
Fanconi
anemia: Tortuosity of the conjunctival and retinal vessels and microaneurysms of retinal vessels
Sickle cell disease
anemia: cataracts
G6PD
anemia: glossitis
B12 deficiency and iron deficiency
anemia: hypoplasia of thenar eminence
Fanconi
Anemia: spoon nails
iron deficiency
congenital pure red cell aplasia in neonate
Diamond Blaackfan syndrome
-Macrocytic anemia with low reticulocyte count
microcytic anemia and pancytopenia in neonate
Fanconi
low Mentzer index
thallassemia
RBC enzyme defects: spur cells?
Heinz bodies and bite cells?
- pyruvate kinase deficiency
- G6PD deficiency
acquired hemolytic anemia: positive coombs test and spherocytes
drug induced
HUS
DIC
microcytic anemia, PBS shows basophilic stippling and maybe hemolytis
lead poisoning
what is lacking in whole cow’s milk
iron
what is used to differentiate iron deficiency from thalassemia
Mentzer index
equation for Mentzer Index
MCV/RBC
Mentzer index for iron deficiency?
thalassemia?
MORE than 13
LESS than 13
Target cells and Howell jolly bodies
Sickle cell
