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Test 4 Flashcards

1
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What is the most abundant trace element?

A

Iron

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2
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What is ferritin?

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Storage form of iron

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3
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Decreased plasma ferritin is the earliest indication of what?

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Iron deficiency

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4
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What does transferrin do?

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Transports iron from GI tract to the bone marrow and other organs

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5
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Where is transferrin synthesized?

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In the liver

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6
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Each transferrin molecule transports how many iron atoms?

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two

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7
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What are some causes of increased serum iron?

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Hemolytic anemias, thalassemias, hepatitis, excessive transfusions, iron poisoning (vitamin overdose)

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8
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What are some causes of decreased serum iron?

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Insufficient dietary iron, bleeding, malabsorption, and infection or chronic disease

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9
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What is hemochromatosis?

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A recessive genetic disorder where excess iron accumulates in tissues from increased GI absorption

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10
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What is treatment for hemochromatosis?

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Therapeutic phlebotomy

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11
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What are the main steps iron tests follow?

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Dissociate Fe from transferrin
Reduce Fe from ferric to ferrous
Add ferrozine to make a colored compound
Measure colored product by spectrophotometry

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12
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What specimen is needed for iron testing?

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Serum with no hemolysis or has been in a tube with anticoagulants that bind iron (EDTA and Sodium Citrate)

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13
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What is the TIBC?

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Total Iron Binding Capacity is an estimate of transferrin concentration

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14
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What does TIBC measure?

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How much iron could be transported in the plasma by transferrin (not how much iron the patient has)

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15
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TIBC is an ________ measurement of transferrin.

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Indirect

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16
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What are the steps for TIBC testing?

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  • Add excessive amount of iron to serum to saturate transferrin.
  • Add MgCO3 to remove unbound iron
  • Centrifuge specimen to get the MgCO3 to the bottom
  • Take the supernate and test that for iron
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17
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What 3 components are in an iron profile?

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Total iron, TIBC, % iron saturation

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18
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% Iron Saturation = ?

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Total Iron / TIBC X 100

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19
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What does the % Iron saturation measure?

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Measures how full transferrin is

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20
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What are the usual results for total iron, TIBC, and %Fe Sat in a person with iron deficiency?

A

Total iron decreased
TIBC increased
% Fe Sat decreased

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21
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What are the usual results for total iron, TIBC, and %Fe Sat in a person with hemochromatosis?

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Total iron increased
TIBC decreased
% Fe Sat increased

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22
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What are the usual results for total iron, TIBC, and %Fe Sat in a person with infection/cancer?

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Total iron decreased
TIBC decreased
% Fe Sat increased

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23
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What are the usual results for total iron, TIBC, and %Fe Sat in a person with hemolysis?

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Total iron increased
TIBC normal
% Fe Sat increased

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24
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What is step 1 and 2 in the formation of bilirubin?

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  1. RBCs are eaten by spleen. Hgb is catabolized into amino acids, iron, and heme
  2. Heme ring is broken open and converted to unconjugated bilirubin
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25
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What are steps 3 and 4 in the formation of bilirubin?

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  1. RE cells in the spleen secrete the unconjugated bilirubin into the plasma, where bilirubin is bound by albumin.
  2. Albumin - bilirubin complex travels to liver
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26
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What are steps 5 and 6 in the formation of bilirubin?

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  1. Hepatocytes conjugates bilirubin with glucoronic acid by UDPG enzyme
  2. Conjugated bilirubin is secreted into bile duct
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27
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What are step 7 and 8 in the formation of bilirubin?

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  1. GI bacterial normal flora converts conjugated bilirubin into urobilinogen
  2. Urobilinogen may be excreted into stool, reabsorbed in plasma, or excreted in the urine.
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28
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What is UDPGs main job?

A

Conjugating bilirubin

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29
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What two things can increased plasma bilirubin indicate?

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Increased RBC catabolism or decreased hepatic conjugation with excretion of bilirubin

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30
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What is jaundice?

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Yellowing of the skin and sclera from increased bilirubin

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31
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What does icteric mean?

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Plasma/serum with yellow color from increased bilirubin

32
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At what range in numbers does jaundice start showing?

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2.5 - 3.0 mg/dL

33
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What causes prehepatic jaundice?

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Excess RBC destruction or increased unconjugated bilirubin

34
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What causes hepatic jaundice?

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Defective liver function
Defective hepatocyte uptake
Cholestasis (impaired hepatic transport)

35
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What causes post hepatic jaundice?

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Impaired ability of liver to excrete bile into the GI tract

36
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What happens in Crigler - Najar syndrome?

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Hepatocytes lack UPDG enzyme and cannot conjugate bilirubin

37
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What is Gilbert’s syndrome?

A

30-50% deficiency of UPDG and decreased conjugation

38
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What is physiological jaundice of the newborn?

A

Babies are born with immature liver and have temporary deficiency of UDPG

39
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What is hemolytic disease of the newborn?

A

Mother newborn blood group incompatibility

40
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Most common cause of HDNB?

A

O mom with A baby or rh negative mom with rh positive baby

41
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What happens in HDNB?

A

Maternal IgG antibodies cross the placenta and attack fetal RBCs

42
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What is kernicterus?

A

Permanent brain damage from excess free bilirubin penetrating blood brain barrier

43
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What is the total bilirubin when kernicterus occurs

A

> 20 mg/dL

44
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What is the treatment of HDNB

A

Uv light or exchange transfusion

45
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What is cirrhosis

A

Irreversible structural damage (scaring) of the liver

46
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What reagent is used in bilirubin techniques

A

Diazotized sulfanilic acid

47
Q

What type of bilirubin needs an accelerator?

A

Unconjugated

48
Q

What is an acid?

A

Any substance that yields a H+ in H2O

49
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What is a base?

A

Any substance that yields OH- in H2O

50
Q

K = ?

A

Dissociation constant

Product / reactant

51
Q

What does pK equal?

A

-log of the dissociation constant

52
Q

What is the pK?

A

Numerical expression of a substances ability to dissociate to prince H+ and OH- ions

53
Q

What is a buffer?

A

Any substance that resists change in ph

54
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Strong acids have a _____ dissociation constant.

A

High

55
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Weak acids have _____ disassociation constants.

A

Low

56
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What is considered acidosis in terms of pH?

A

< 7.35

57
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What is considered alkalosis in terms of pH?

A

> 7.45

58
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The most effective buffer system is?

A

The Carbonic-Acid Bicarbonate System

59
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What are good buffers?

A

Weak acids

60
Q

What is the Henderson-Hasselbach equation?

A

pH = pK (6.1) + log (HCO-3/H2CO3)

61
Q

What regulates H2CO3?

A

Lungs (respiratory)

62
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What regulates HCO3?

A

Kidneys

63
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The ratio of (HCO3/H2CO3) must remain at?

A

20 to 1

64
Q

What does compensation do?

A

Compensation corrects pH whenever it falls out of normal range

65
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What is primary compensation?

A

When one organ causes a pH problem and the “other” organ corrects it

66
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What is secondary compensation?

A

When the offending organ fixes its own problem

67
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What is respiratory acidosis?

A

Decreased respiratory activity which causes increased CO2/H2CO3 in the plasma

68
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What is the primary compensation for respiratory acidosis?

A

Kidneys increase H+ excretion and HCO-3 reabsorption

69
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What is metabolic acidosis?

A

Decreased plasma bicarbonate concentration

70
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What is the primary compensation for metabolic acidosis?

A

Hyperventilation - lungs decreases CO2

71
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What is respiratory alkalosis?

A

Decreased CO2

72
Q

Common causes of respirator alkalosis

A

Hyperventilation and aspirin overdose

73
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What is the primary compensation for respiratory alkalosis

A

Kidneys compensate by increasing excretion of HCO3- And increasing reabsorption of H+

74
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What is metabolic alkalosis?

A

Increased bicarbonate

75
Q

Primary compensation of metabolic alkalosis

A

Linda compensate by decreasing respirations and increasing carbonic acid

76
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What is the pH of metabolic acidosis (increased or decreased)

A

Decreased

77
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What is the ph for metabolic alkalosis

A

Increased

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