Hematology Flashcards

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What is an eosinophil?

A

Parasite destroyer

Allergy inducer

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What is neutrophil?

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Phagocyte

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What is a basophil?

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Allergy helper (IgE receptor= histamine release)

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3
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What is a monocyte?

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Destroyer= MP (hydrolytic enzymes, coffee-bean nucleus)

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4
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What is a lymphocyte?

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Warrior= T, B, NK cells

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5
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What is platelet?

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Clotter (no nuclei, smallest cells)

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6
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What is blast?

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Baby hematopoietic cell

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7
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What is band?

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Baby neutrophil

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8
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What does high WBC and high PMNs tell you?

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Stress demargination

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9
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What does high WBC and <5% blast tell you?

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Leukemoid reaction, seen in burn pts

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10
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What does high WBC and >5% blast tell you?

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Leukemia

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11
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What does high WBC and bands tell you?

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Left shift= infection

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12
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What does high WBC and B cell tell you?

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Bacterial infection

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13
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What diseases have high eosinophils?

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"NAACP"
Neoplasm
Allergy/ Asthma
Addison's disease (no cortisol= relative eosinophilia)
Collagen vascular disease
Parasites
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What disease have high monocytes (>15%)?

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"STELS"
Syphilis: chancre, rash, warts
TB: hemoptysis, night sweats
EBV: teenager sick for a month
Listeria: baby who is sick
Salmonella: food poisoning
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What do high retics (> 1%) tell you?

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RBC being destroyed peripherally

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16
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What do low retics tell you?

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Bone marrow not working right (decrease production)

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17
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What is poikilocytosis?

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Different shapes

18
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What is anisocytosis?

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Different sizes

19
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What is the RBC lifespan?

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120 days

20
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What is the platelet lifespan?

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7 days

21
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What does penia tell you?

A

Low levels

22
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What does cytosis tell you?

A

High levels

23
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What does cythemia tell you?

A

High levels

24
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What is the difference between plasma and serum?

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Plasma: no RBC
Serum: no RBC or fibrinogen

25
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What is the amount of Blood in the body?

A

5-6 liters

26
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What is the chronic granulomatous disease?

A

Myeloperoxidase deficiency

NADPH oxidase deficiency= recurrent staph/aspergillus infections (nitroblue tetrazolium stain negative)

27
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What does MPO deficiency cause?

A

Catalase + Infections

28
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What is chediak higashi?

A

Lazy lysosome syndrome: lysosomes are slow to fuse around bacteria

29
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What organ can make RBCs if the long bones are damaged?

A

Spleen= splenomegaly

30
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What causes a shift to the right in the Hb curve?

A
"ALL CADETs face right"
Increased CO2
Acid/ Altitude
2,3-DPG
Exercise
Temperature
Decreased pH
31
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How does CO poison Hb?

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Competitive inhibitor of O2 on Hb= cherry-red lips, pinkish skin

32
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How does cyanide poison Hb?

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Non-competitive inhibitor of O2 on Hb= almond breath

33
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What is MetHb?

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Hb w/ Fe3+ (Ferric Ion)

34
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What is acute intermittent porphyria?

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Cause abdominal pain, neuropathy, red urine

35
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What is porphyria?

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  • Genetic Disorder
  • Cells fail to change body chemicals called porphyrins and heme.
  • Affects the skin or nervous system
36
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What is Porphyria Cutanea Tarda?

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  • Sunlight cause skin blisters

* Wood’s Lamp cause orange-pink (skin)

37
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What is erythrocytic protoporphyria?

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Porphyria cutanea tarda in a baby

38
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What is sickle cell disease?

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*Hereditary Blood disorder
*Abnormality in oxygen-carrying hb molecule in red blood cells
*Homozygous HbS cause vaso-occlusion, necrosis and dactylitis
(painful fingers/toes) at 6mo

39
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What is sickle cell trait?

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*Heterozygous HbS cause painless hematuria and sickle w/extreme
hypoxia (low oxygen)
*Can’t be a pilot, fireman and driver

40
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What is Hb C disease?

A

Abnormal hemoglobin in which substituted glutamic acid w/ lysine at the 6 position of beta-globin chain

41
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What is alpha-thalassemia?

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  • Chromosome 16 deletion
  • 1 deletion: normal
  • 2 deletions: microcytic anemia
  • 3 deletions: hemolytic anemia
  • 4 deletions: hydrops fetalis (accumulation of fluid or edema in fetus)
42
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What is beta-thalassemia?

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  • Inherited blood disorder
  • Caused by reduced or absent synthesis of beta chain of hb
  • 1 deletion: increase HbA2 and HbF
  • 2 deletions: only HbA2 and HbF= hypoxia at 6mo
43
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What is Cooley’s anemia?

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  • Beta-thalassemia in children
  • No HbA= excess RBC production
  • Baby making blood from everywhere
  • Cause frontal bossing, hepatosplenomegaly and long extremities