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What causes most Megaloblastic anemias?

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Defects in DNA synthesis

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What is needed for normal nuclear development?

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Folate and Vitamin b12

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What is iron deficiency associated with?

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Microcytic red cells (aka RBCs smaller than usual)

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Red cell production in megaloblastic anemia

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is asnychronus, nucleus lags behind cytoplasm

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When DNA synthesis is affected

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Cell division doesn’t occur normally and cells become larger

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Methotrexate

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a drug that tends to compete with folate absorption

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What cells are affected by Folate and B12 Deficiency

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Any system of cells that need replacement

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Areas of present symtoms for Folate and B12 deficiency

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gastrointestinal tract, the skin, and the hematopoietic system

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Low folate associated with

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Macrocytic anemia

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Who needs more folate: Men or Women

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Women, especially when pregnant to help baby make blood too

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Sources of B12

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Meat (the best source) and meat byproducts (mild and eggs)

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Cause of Pernicious Anemia

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Deficiency of intrinsic factor due to an autoimmune disorder

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atrophic gastritis

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chronic inflammation and thinning of your stomach lining accompanied by a change in your stomach lining cells to mimic intestinal cells

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What does atrophic gastritis affect

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Secretion of H+, affecting acidity thus affecting digestion

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What does Pernicious Anemia and folate deficiency have in common?

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Elevated MVC, Hyper segmented neutrophils, megaloblastic bone marrow findings

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What occurs during megaloblastic anemia

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MCV is increased, RPI is decreased, thus having macrocytic anemia

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What does ineffective erythropoiesis lead to

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increased Lactate dehydrogenase increase and increased bilirubin

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Pancytopenia

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deficiency of all 3 blood cells

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Why is pancytopenia found in megaloblastic anemia

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Since the cells require DNA synthesis to make cells and replace dead cells

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What does pancytopenia lead to?

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Decrease in all blood cell counts, but an MCH increase due to RBCs being Macrocytic and normochromic

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Ineffective erythropoiesis leads to?

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Intracellular death since RBCs never make it to circulation, oval shaped RBCs, and pancytopenia

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What is typically found first in megaloblastic anemia?

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Hyper segmented neutrophils, are considered a specific thing in megaloblastic anemia

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How many lobes depict Hyper segmented neutrophils

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6 lobes

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erythroid hyperplasia

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immature red blood cells (erythroid cells) in the bone marrow are abnormal in size, shape, organization, and/or number

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Myeloid cells and Erythroid Precursor ratio
10:1
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What does the M:E ratio decrease to? and what does it mean?
1:1; bone marrow is hypercellular and defects in DNA synthesis occurs
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What is a test of Pernicious anemia?
Venipuncture test for vitamin B12
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What is pernicious anenia associated with
Deficiency of vitamin B12, due to lack of intrinsic factor that's needed for absorbtion
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What is a method for b12 deficiency?
Injection through the muscle to by pass absorption, since intrinsic factor deficiency can't absorb it all
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Schilling test
A test to see if B12 deficiency is due to lack of absorption because of low intrinsic factor or other reasons
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What test would be done if a person has megaloblastic anemia
Folate and Vitamin b12 assays to see which one is deficient
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Haptocorrin
a salivary protein that binds vitamin B12 found in food
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Trypsin
Releases b12 from haptocorrin in the small intestines
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Intrinsic factor
Brings the b12 to circulation
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Transcobalamin
Most important carrier protein for b12
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Result of Bone Marrow Failure (BMF)
decrease in all the blood cells’ elements in the bone marrow, leading to pancytopenia
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Aplastic anemia
Rare and fatal syndrome of bone marrow failure, condition that occurs when your body stops producing enough new blood cells
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Neutrophil count: Aplastic anemia
less than 0.5  103/dL
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Bone marrow: Aplastic anemia
hypocellular with fat, all that's left are lymphocytes, mast and plasma cells
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What test is not needed for testing BMF
platelet count
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Age range for aplastic anemia
Any age but mainly in: 10 to 25 years old, as well as in those older than 60 years
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Red cells in aplastic anemia
normocytic normochromic, but some macrocytosis
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Treatment for those younger than 40: aplastic anemia
hematopoietic stem cell transplant from an HLA-matched donor
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Treatment for those older than 40: Aplastic anemia
antithymocyte globulin (ATG) in combination with cyclosporine
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ATG: aplastic anemia
decreases the number of activated T cells
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cyclosporine: aplastic anemia
inhibits t cell functions thus suppressing the autoimmune suppression of stem cells
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Fanconi anemia
autosomal recessive disorder, which means that the gene must be inherited from both parents to express the phenotype
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What are acquired aplastic anemia
Myelodysplasia and secondary aplastic anemia
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Acquired aplastic anemia
a rare, serious blood disorder, due to failure of the bone marrow failure to produce blood cells
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What is a inherited aplastic anemia
Diamond-Blackfan anemia
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Inherited aplastic anemia
rare aplastic anemia. so rare that the cause is unknown
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What is common of both inherited and acquired aplastic anemia?
normal platelet and neutrophil counts
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Diamond-Blackfan anemia
characterized by an isolated PRCA and normal cellularity of myeloid cells
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Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA II)
known as hereditary erythroblastic multinuclearity with positive acidified serum (HEMPAS), most common CDA
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Tests for CDA II
Ham test is positive; Sucrose hemolysis test is negative
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Myelophthisic anemia
when invading or infiltrating cells replace normal bone marrow cells
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chronic renal failure
Leads to low EPO which is the primary cause of anemia
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CD34
are decreased with aplastic anemia, identifies HSCs
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idiopathic aplastic anemia
aplastic anemia where cause is unknown
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Diepoxybutane
DNA cross linking agent, is broken when exposed to Fanconi anemia cells
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Resonse to anemia
increase rate of of blood cell production and release
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compensated hemolytic disorder
When the marrow response is robust enough to keep up with the rate of red cell destruction, anemia does not develop
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immunoglobulin (Ig) antibody
common antibody
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What removes red cells at the end of their life
macrophages from the spleen
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How long do RBCs live
120 days
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protoporphyrin ring is converted to what?
bilirubin which is excreted from body
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What happens to globin chains?
Broken to amino acids and are reused for future synthesis
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What is released from splenic macrophages?
Bilirubin after degrading protoporphyrin ring
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Extravascular hemolysis
liver and spleen macrophages break down RBCs
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Intravascular hemolysis
the destruction of red blood cells in the circulation with the release of cell contents into the plasma
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hemoglobinemia
hemoglobin in the circulation
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When is hemoglobin found in pee
Renal threshold is exceeded and hemoglobin passes through kidneys
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urobilinogen
oxidize conjugated bilirubin into various water-soluble compounds
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When is free hemoglobin found in plasma
When the amount of free hemoglobin exceeds the capacity of plasma salvage systems (like haptoglobin)
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What happens to hemoglobin found in plasma
filtered through kidneys with some iron
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Concentration of plasma hemoglobin
greater than 50 mg/dL
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When does haptoglobin decrease
free hemoglobin is bound in an attempt to salvage the iron.
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chronic extravascular hemolytic process leads to
enlarged spleen (splenomegaly)
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Haptoglobin
binds the free hemoglobin and thus decreases in plasma
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What is seen with acute hemolysis
elevated reticulocyte count
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What test is best for acute hemolysis
reticulocyte count, which requires nothing more than a blood sample
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hemolytic anemia
disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than they can be made
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What is the result of hemolytic anemia
Erythropoiesis is increased with no change in the production of granulocytes, M:E ratio will therefore be decreased
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Hypochromia
red blood cells have less color than normal when examined under a microscope
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When is hypochromia present
present when hemoglobin synthesis is abnormal such as in iron deficiency anemia
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What do Spherocytes indicate
extravascular hemolysis
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Schistocytes
fragmented red cells that result when the red cell membrane is damaged by trauma as can be seen in some intravascular hemolytic anemias

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