Blood And Anaemia Flashcards

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  1. How would you define nutritional anaemia
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  1. Where do you find iron specifically?
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  1. What is are haemoglobin equivalent in the muscle
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  1. What is the storage protein for iron ?
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  1. What is the pathway of iron ?
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  1. What is the protein that transfers iron ?
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  1. What happens to red blood cells over time and what is the organ that does that for us ?
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  1. What protein recycles iron or red blood cells
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  1. Why do we have to be careful when we intake iron
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10
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  1. Why is excess iron toxic ?
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  1. How can iron be absorbed name two ways
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  1. Describe how haem (“heem” ) is absorbed MOA
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  1. What protein is used for iron to be exited eventually getting to the bone marrow
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14
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  1. What does transferrin do
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15
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  1. Describe how transferrin transfers iron to the necessary sites
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  1. What are the causes of iron deficient anaemia
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Blood loss
Pregnancy
Malabsorption
Menstrual cycle

17
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  1. What are the risk factors when it comes to iron deficiency
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18
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  1. What is the protein that drives red blood production and where is it made
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EPO
Majority in the kidney
Some in the liver

19
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What is the pathophysiology of iron deficiency anemia

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20
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  1. What are the laboratory investigations that are need to be measured for anaemia & what are you looking for
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21
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What is EPO

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22
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What are some of the differential diagnosis of these haematology investigations

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23
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  1. What other test is needed in terms of biochemistry & what do they show
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24
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  1. What are the treatment for IDAs
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25
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  1. What are the characteristics of vitamin B12
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26
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  1. How is it absorbed and transported (b12)
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27
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Describe the metabolic pathways of B12 and folate

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28
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  1. Summarise the causes of vitamin B12 and folate deficiency
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29
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  1. What are the clinical presentations for anaemia
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30
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  1. What are the characteristics of me Megaloblastic anaemia
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31
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  1. What are the clinical presentations for anaemia
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32
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  1. What are some of the epithelial changes associated with this
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33
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  1. What are some of the test for deficient of b12
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34
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  1. What do we see in the lab in terms of b12
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35
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  1. What are the reactive characteristics of bacterial and viral leukaemia
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