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Hematological systems disorders Flashcards

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hematopoiesis

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  • Pluripotential stem cell makes lymphoid progenitor cell and multipotential progenitor cell
  • they become committed progenitor cells then maturing cells
  • lymphoid progenitor cell becomes lymphocyte
  • multipotential progenitor cell becomes everything else
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Hemochromatosis

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  • over absorption of iron in small intestine
  • autosomal recessive hereditary disorder
  • 1/250 Northern European
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Hemochromatosis: pathogenesis

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  • mutations in the genes of any proteins that regulate entry of iron
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Hemochromatosis: clinical manifestations

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  • bronze skin
  • weakness/fatigue
  • myalgia/ joint pain
  • abdominal pain/constipation
  • elevated hemoglobin
  • elevated liver enzymes
  • Hepatomegaly (enlargement of the liver)
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Hemochromatosis: treatment

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  • twice weekly phlebotomy where they remove the iron and pump blood back in
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Anemia

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  • low RBCs
  • most commn hematologic abnormality
  • HBG <14 for men and less than 12 for women
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Anemia: causes

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  1. excessive blood loss
  • acute: trauma, surgery
  • chronic: heavy menstruation, GI, or urinary cause
  1. Destruction of erythrocytes (hemolysis)
  • Congential = sickle cell, thalassemia
  • acquired
  1. Decrease production of erythrocytes
  • lack of erythropoietin or inability of bone marrow to respond to it
  • anemia of chronic disease
  • aplastic anemia (bone marrow suppression)
  • pernicious anemia Vit B12 deficiency
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Aplastic Anemia
- what is it and how is it treated

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  • rare, serious
  • any age
  • body stop producing blood cells
  • treatment includes meds, transfusions or bone marrow transplant
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Anemia of Chronic Disease

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  • occurs in presence of inflammation, infection, and some malignancies
  • HBG 7-12 g/dL
  • decreased responsiveness to erythropoietin
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Anemia: clinical manifestations

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  • vary with severity
  • fatigue
  • weakness
  • dyspnea with exertion
  • tachycardia
  • pallor
  • irritability
  • headaches
  • neuropsychiatric complications
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Anemia treament

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  • aimed at treating the underlying cause and relieving symptoms
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Sickle cells anemia

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  • Autosomal recessive
  • 1 point mutation that causes changes to RBC
  • protective against malaria
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Sickle cell anemia consequences

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  • jaudice
  • infarctions (spleen, kidney, bone, eyes, heart, liver, pulmonary, cerebral)
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SCA clinical manifestations

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- retinal detachment
- retinopathy
- reduced pO2 levels
- pneumonia
- atelectasis
- chest syndrome
- acute hepatomegaly
- gallstones
- hypothenuria
- renal papillary necrosis
- vaso-occlusion
- stasis ulcers in hands ankles and feet
- osteomyelitis
- infections
- splenomegaly

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Thalassemia

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  • inherited hemoglobinopathies (alpha or beta)
    Mediterranean descent
  • not enough hemoglobin produced
  • effects the RBC (membrane, hydration, deformity, oxidation)
  • low HBG
  • normal RBC
  • Fe overload
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Granulocytes and what they respond to

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  • basophils: allergic reactions
  • eosinophils: allergic reactions, parasitic
  • Neutrophils: aka polymorphoneuclear leukocyte - first line defense against pathogens
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Monocytes

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  • largest circulating blood cell
  • macrophages once activated
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Lymphocyte

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  • B & T cells
  • antibody production
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Disorders of leukocytes

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  • leukocytosis: too many
  • Leukopenia: too little
  • Basophilia: too many basophils
  • eosinophilia: too many
  • neutrophilia: too many
  • Neutropenia: too little
  • lymphoctyosis/lymphocytopenia
  • monocytosis: too many monocytes (exposure to TB/endocarditis)
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Acute lymphoblastic leukmia

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  • ALL
  • involves the lymophcytes, lymph organs,
  • most common in children
  • results in immature, functionless cells called blast cells in bone marrow and block development of normal cell development
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Acute myeloid leukmia

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  • most prevalent acute leukemia and occurs most commonly in adults
  • hematopoietic stem cells that are commited to differentiate into myeloid cells (monocytes, granulocytes, erythrocytes and platelets)
  • immature cells
  • most common over all
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

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  • CLL
  • chronic
  • overproduction of b lymphs that are mature but not functional
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chronic myelogenous leukemia

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  • CML
  • overproduction of myelogenous cells that are mature but not funcitonal
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General signs and symptoms of leukemia

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  • headaches
  • nausea
  • enlarged lymphnodes
  • splenomegaly
  • decreased production of erythrocytes/anemia
  • platelets decrease
  • acute is more emergent
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Types of malignant lymphomas

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  • hodgkin lymphoma
  • non hodgkin lymphoma
  • multiple myeloma
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Hodgkin lymphoma
- what is it
- incidence
- treatment

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  • one of the most curable forms of cancer
  • lymphoid tissue neoplasms (primarily lymph nodes)
  • reed-stern berg cell (b-cell lineage)
  • incidence peaks between 25-30 and after 55
  • tx = chemo and radiation
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non-hodgkin lymphoma

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  • Symptoms don’t typically start until later on
  • B and T cell malignancies that present as solid tumors
  • presentation varies - commonly enlarged chain of lymph nodes
  • prognosis depends
  • majority older than 55
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Multiple myeloma

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  • malignant neoplasm of plasma cells starting in bone marrow
  • patient at risk for fx
  • gradual and insidious onset
  • causes anemia, thrombocytopenia and leukopenia
  • older adults
  • women more than men
  • can be secondary cause of something else such RA medications or other medications
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Signs and symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma

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  • Severe pruritus
  • irregular fever
  • jaundice
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • superior vena cava syndrome from thrombosis
  • pulmonary symptoms (non productive cough, stridor, dyspnea, chest pain, cyanosis and pleural effusion)
  • Alcohol-induced bone pain in involved lymph nodes
  • invasion of pericardium
  • bone pain in back and hips
  • Paraplegia
  • nerve pain
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Myeloproligerative neoplasms

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  • excessive cell production in bone marrow
  • chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • polycythemia vera
  • essential thrombocythemia
  • primary myelofibrosis
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polycythemia vera

what is it and what are the phases

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  • increase production in RBC that end up over shadowing the production of normal RBC
  • 3 phases:
    ~ latent
    ~ proliferative: anemic signs
    ~ spent: become fibrotic tissue and cause changes in liver and spleen
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Essential thrombocythemia

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  • platelets >600,00-
  • increase production in platelets
  • clotting initially and then become at risk for bleeding
  • can have primary and secondary causes
  • secondary causes such as bleeding disorder and the body over compensates
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Primary myelofibrosis

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  • CT disorder
  • fibrotic tissue in bone marrow
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Disorders of hemostasis

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  • Von willebrand disease
  • hemophilia
  • thrombocytopenia
  • effects of aspirin and NSAIDs
  • disseminated intravascular coagulation
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Von Willebrand disease

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  • clotting factor dysfunction
  • most common inherited bleeding disorder
  • defective Von wllebrand factor on chromosome 12
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hemophilia

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  • bleeding disorder
  • sex linked autosomal recessive bleeding disorder
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  1. Thrombocytopenia
  2. effects of aspirin and NSAIDs
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  1. low platelets
  • can be due to a variety of things and causes fatigue
  1. Aspring/NSAIDs
  • single dose suppresses platelet aggregation for >48 hours
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Disseminated intravascular coagulation

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  • all over intravascular clotting
  • over active coagulation cascade
  • cause of simultaneous thrombotic and hemorrhagic event
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reactions of blood transfusions

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  • febrile non hemolytic reaction
  • transfusion-related acute lung injury
  • acute hemolytic transfusion reaction
  • delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction
  • allergic reaction
  • anaphylaxis
  • septic reaction
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Implications of hematological system disorder for PT

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  • common signs and symptoms
  • precautions with patient
  • food/nutrients for anemia
  • hematopoietic growth factors: EPO stimulating factors, myeloid growth factors, magakaryocyte growth factors
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Drugs that facilitate clotting

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  • replacement factors
  • vitamin K
  • antiplasmin drugs
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Anticoagulant drugs

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  • anticoagulants
  • thromboltics
  • anti platelet drugs
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Anticoagulant drugs

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  • heparin (PTT)
  • dabigatran (direct thrombin inhibitors)
  • warfarin
  • factor Xa inhibitors
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Thrombolytic drugs

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  • streptokinase
  • t-PA derivatives
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common signs and symptoms of hematologic disorders

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  • edema and congestion
  • infarction
  • thrombosis and embolism
  • lymphedema
  • bleeding and bruising
  • hypotension and shock
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Antiplatelet druges

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  • Aspirin
  • ADP receptor inhibitors
  • glycoprotein lab/lla inhibitors
  • PAR-1 receptor inhibitors
  • PDE3/Adenosine uptake inhibitors
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Clinical Signs and symptoms of hemophilia bleeding episodes: GI involvement

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  • abdominal pain and distention
  • melena (blood in stool)
  • hematemesis (vomiting blood)
  • fever
  • low abdominal/groin pain from bleeding into wall of large intestine or iiliopsoas muscle
  • hip flexion contraction due to spasm of the iliopsoas muscle secondary to retroperitoneal hemorrhage
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Clinical Signs and symptoms of hemophilia bleeding episodes: CNS involvement

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  • impaired judgment
  • decreased visual and spatial awareness
  • short term memory deficits
  • inappropriate behavior
  • motor deficits: spasticity, ataxia, abnormal gait, apraxia, decreased balance, loos of coordination
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Supervised exercise program for people with bleeding disorders and hemophilic arthritis

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  1. progression to next level only if no adverse reaction
  2. prophylaxis: factor infusion recommended for people with sever hemophilia; people with mild and moderate hemophilia to have medications available if needed
  3. intensity: precent of isometric Nicholas dynamometry muscle test to assess pounds of weight to use or color of theraband
  4. Repetitions: to be done only in pain-free range
  5. Rate: 5-10 seconds concentric with exhale; 5-10 seconds eccentric with inhale
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Clinical signs and symptoms of acute hemarthrosis

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  • tingling sensation
  • stiffening into the position of comfort
  • decrease ROM
  • pain/tenderness
  • swelling
  • protective muscle spasms
  • increase warmth around a joint
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Clinical signs and symptoms of muscle hemorrhage

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  • gradual intensifying pain
  • protective spasm of muscle
  • limitation of movement at the surrounding joints
  • muscle assumes a position of comfort
  • loss of sensation

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