Test 2 Flashcards
Where is iron stored from normal breakdown?
Reticuloendothelial organs like the liver and spleen
What is the transport protein for iron?
Transferrin
What is the main storage of iron?
Ferritin
What is an iron containing brown pigment derived from hemoglobin when red blood cells disintegrate?
Hemosiderin
What percentage of iron is absorbed through diet?
5 to 10%
Because ferric iron in foods is not absorbed What does our stomach acid produce this iron to?
Ferrous state
What would you see in the pre-latent stage of iron loss?
No anemia, however there is iron deficiency. Ferritin level is low, total iron binding capacity is high. Normal peripheral blood smear
What would you see in the latent stage of iron deficiency anemia?
Iron stores are exhausted so iron deficient Aretha paresis takes place. Serum iron falls, iron binding capacity increases, transfer and decreases, peripheral smear will see slight microcytic/hypochromic blood
What would you see in Frank anemia?
Total iron binding capacity is high everything else MCV MCHC hemoglobin and hematocrit transferin and MCH are low
What are some specific symptoms of iron deficiency anemia?
Pica, chelitis, developmental delays in infants, increase in preterm delivery in pregnant woman
Is the reticulocyte count helpful in identifying iron deficiency?
No because it’s a measurement of production
What inclusion can be observed after I am deficiency treatment has started?
Basophilic stippling
What are the two groups of chronic disease anemia?
Chronic renal disease, other chronic illnesses
Would you see an increase in reticulocytes in chronic renal disease?
No
What are possible ways of blood loss with anemia of chronic renal disease?
Uremia
What are the two causes of chronic renal disease anemia?
Failure of renal excretory or endocrine function
What happens in failure of renal excretory function?
A buildup of intermediate metabolic products causes red blood cell distortion and shorter lifespan
What happens in failure of renal endocrine function?
The kidney fails to produce Erythropoietin
What is the most common source of anemia in hospitalized patients?
Anemia of inflammation
When would you see anemia of inflammation?
In cases of chronic infection, chronic inflammatory diseases, and malignancies
If there are abundant iron stores in patients with anemia of inflammation, why do they have anemia?
Marrow is unable to use iron for hemoglobin synthesis because macrophages are secreting a substance that inhibits the use of stored iron
What would the laboratory results for anemia of inflammatory disease look like?
Low hemoglobin and hematocrit transferrin in total iron binding capacity. Platelets and white blood cell count would be high because of the infection. Ferritin would also be high because your body is unable to access stored iron peripheral blood smear would appear microcytic hypochromic
What causes megaloblastic anemia?
Defective nuclear maturation
What is asynchronous cell maturation a characteristic of?
Megaloblastic anemia
What were the laboratory results of megaloblastic anemia include?
Pancytopenia, reticulocytes, an increase of lactate dehydrogenase, increased Billy Rubin, macrocytic red cells, marked poikilocytosis including oval macrocytes teardrops, how will jolly bodies, target cells, hypochromia, polychromasia, nucleated red blood cells
Will the myeloid erythroid ratio be increased or decreased in lab results from megaloblastic anemia?
Decreased
A deficiency of Folic acid leads to what?
Impaired DNA synthesis in erythroid cells causing megaloblastic erythropoiesis