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Week 6 - Hematology Flashcards

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Signs of platelet diseases

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  • pallor
  • bruises
  • bleeding
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Signs of progressive tumor or complication of sickle cell

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  • tachypnea
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Disorders of blood cell amount/volume

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  • Iron-deficiency anemia

- Aplastic anemia

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Iron Deficiency Anemia definition

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Bone marrow produces small RBCs that are LOW in Iron

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Iron Deficiency Anemia patho

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  • diet insufficient in iron
  • vegetarian
  • “white food”
  • shift from formula to cow’s milk
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Is Iron Deficiency Anemia a disorder of malnutrition?

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NO

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Is Iron Deficiency Anemia preventable and reversible?

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Yes

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S/s Iron Deficiency Anemia

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  • Pallor (white sclera)

- Decreased CBC

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Iron Deficiency Anemia prevention and teaching

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  • breastfeed and formula until 6 months
  • iron fortified food at 6 months
  • limit cow’s milk
  • vary diet
  • supplementation with Vitamin C
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What can supplementation cause?

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  • constipation

- stained teeth

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Aplastic Anemia definition

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Abnormality of bone marrow causes pancytopenia

  • low RBC
  • low WBC
  • low platelets
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S/s of Aplastic Anemia

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Depends on which type of blood is lowest:

  • Anemia (weakness, fatigue, pallor)
  • Leukopenia (fever, frequent infections)
  • Thrombocytopenia (abnormal bleeding)
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Aplastic Anemia interventions (4)

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  • Prevent exposure to the cause
  • Keep infections away (wash hands, immunization)
  • Immunosupression meds
  • Bone marrow transfusion (severe cases)
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Coagulation Abnormality Disorders (3)

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  • Immune thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophilia
  • Von Willebrand’s Disease
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Immune thrombocytopenia definition

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Decreased platelets as a result of a immune-mediated response

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S/s Immune thrombocytopenia

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  • Petechiae (small bruises)

- Purpura (large bruises)

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Hemophilia definition

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Issue of the clotting cascade

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Hemophilia types

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  • Hemophilia A: missing factor VIII

- Hemophilia B: missing factor IX

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S/s Hemophilia

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  • bleeding in the join that can occur without trauma

- might not be diagnosed until later in life

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Von Willebrand’s Disease definition

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Genetic disorder missing or abnormal Von Willebrand factor (a clotting protein)

21
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Signs of decreased clotting

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  • heavy menses
  • epitaxis (nose bleeds)
  • increased abnormal bleeding
  • gingival bleeding
  • bruising from minor/spontaneous
  • joint pain and damage from swelling
22
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Decreased clotting teaching

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  • prevent injury
  • medical alert bracelet
  • signs of decreased platelets
  • sneezing with mouth open to decrease pressure
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Decreased clotting treatment

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  • administer factor VIII and factor IX

- desmopressin (stimulates release of Von Willebrand factor)

24
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Disorders of blood cell function and anatomy (3)

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  • Thelassemia
  • Sickle Cell Disease
  • Hereditary Spherocytosis
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Thelassemia definition

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Anemia due to abnormally found hemoglobin (varying severity)

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Major Thelassemia s/s

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  • Pallor
  • Irritability
  • Growth retardation
  • Hepatospleenomegaly
27
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How can you prevent infection for blood cell function disorders?

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  • Hand washing
  • Penicillin
  • Vaccination
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Thelassemia treatment

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  • transfusion q 3-5 weeks with 1-3 units of blood
  • splenectomy
  • iron chelation r/t frequent transfusions - removes the high levels of iron
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Sickle Cell Disease definition

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Change in genetic make up causes sickling of RBC

30
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Highest risk ethnicities of Sickle Cell

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  • African American

- Mediterranean

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Sickle Cell Disease genetics

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  • Autosomal recessive

- 6th amino acid is altered

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S/s of Sickle Cell Disease

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  • Acute Sequestration crisis (blood pooling in spleen, risk for hypovolemic shock)
  • Vaso-occlusive crisis (stressors that cause RBC to sickle)
  • Aplastic crisis (worsening anemia)
  • Spleenomegaly
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Vaso-occuluisve crisis (4)

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  • Clumping (altered peripheral perfusion and tissue hypoxia)
  • Severe pain
  • Swelling
  • Visual disturbance
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Sickle Cell teaching (5)

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  • hydration, keep out of high temps
  • know limitations
  • prevent infection (wash hands, penicillin, vaccinations)
  • folic acid daily supplementation
  • Hydroxyuria
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Hydroxyuria

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  • chemo drug that activates the fetal hemoglobin production

- helps replace sickled RBC

36
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Sickle Cell treatment

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  • Splenectomy
  • Transfusion
  • Treat the vaso-oclusive crisis (PCA, IV fluids, infection tx, O2)
37
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Hereditary Spherocytosis

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Sphered shape RBC

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S/s Hereditary Spherocytosis

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  • anemia
  • jaundice (when RBC are broken apart bilirubin is released)
  • splenomegaly
39
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Hereditary Spherocytosis teaching

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Prevent infection!

  • wash hands
  • penicillin
  • vaccinations
40
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Hereditary Spherocytosis treatment

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  • splenectomy

- transfusion in severe cases

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