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Heme Flashcards

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Ipilimumab/Yervoy

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CTLA-4 immune checkpoint inhibitor

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Nivolumab/Opdivo

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PD-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor

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Axicabtagene/Yescarta

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anti-CD19 CAR-T (CD28 construct)

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Brexucabtagene/Tecartus

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anti-CD19 CAR-T (CD28 construct)

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Tisagenlecleucel/Kymriah

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anti-CD19 CAR-T (41BB construct)

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Lisocabtagene/Breyanzi

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anti-CD19 CAR-T (41BB construct)

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Ciltacabtagene/Carvykti

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anti-BCMA CAR-T (41BB construct)

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Idecabtagene /Abecma

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anti-BCMA CAR-T (41BB construct)

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What does CTLA-4 bind to?

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Dendritic cell ligand B7 (CD80), which would otherwise bind to CD28; this results in immune suppression

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Which is more serious - PD-1 or CTLA-4 inhibition?

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CTLA-4 has more severe side effects

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Combined Research:
Cornell - Supplemental Application needed
UPenn - no supplemental needed
Mount Sinai - separate residency number
NYU - physician scientist track on website but link broken; clinical investigator track also exists
Yale - separate residency number
Beth Israel - direct ABIM
Mass Gen - Stanbury direct (fellowship not automatically coupled); will not automatically consider for categorical
Brigham - apply internally
Johns Hopkins - apply internally during intern year
Boston University - yes
Columbia - nothing
Montefiore/Einstein - not cancer specialty

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Dabrafenib

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BRAF inhibitor

Used in combination with trametinib, a MEK inhibitor, for melanoma and glioma

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Cytarabine

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Pyrimidine analog - competes with cytidine and incorporates into DNA, inhibiting DNA replication and inhibiting DNA polymerase

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Nelarabine

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Purine analog - metabolized into ara-GTP, which competes with guanosine

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Anamnestic antibody response

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Delayed hemolytic transfusion reaction to RBC antigen to which patient was previously sensitized (e.g. pregnancy)
Occurs days to weeks after transfusion

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16
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ABO incompatibility would cause what key features?

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  1. Fever, flank pain, hemoglobinuria
  2. DIC
  3. Positive Coombs test
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17
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What does capillary refill assess?

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Volume status/hypovolemia

Also look at dry mucous membranes, low skin turgor

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What does pallor assess?

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Anemia

Also look at mucous membranes, coarseness of hair, puffiness of face, nail defects

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Potential exacerbations of sickle cell trait that can lead to intravascular hemolysis, tissue ischemia, and/or pain

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  1. Flying at high altitude
  2. Dehydration due to alcohol
20
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common cancers associated with malignant pericardial effusion

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Breast
Lung
Lymphoma

21
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Kerr sign

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Referred pain from diaphragm and phrenic nerve to left shoulder - from splenic rupture

22
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How is heparin-induced thrombocytopenia diagnosed?

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Immunoassay (only if high titer)
Functional assay (serotonin release assay; gold standard)

23
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Argatroban

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Direct thrombin inhibitor

Used for HIT

24
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Fondaparinux

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Indirect inhibitor of Factor Xa (similar to LMWH), does not inhibit thrombin at all

Synthetic pentasaccharide sequence

Used for HIT

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Chylothorax - signs and treatment

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When lymphatic flow through thoracic duct is disrupted, leading to direct leakage of chyle into pleural cavity

Pleural fluid will contain T cells, Ig, and triglycerides (chylomicrons)

Treat with thoracentesis or chest tube, limiting dietary fat, and possible thoracic duct ligation

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Sickle cell priapism treatment

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Aspiration from corpora cavernosa, then intracavernous injection of phenylephrine

27
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Who most often develops inhibitors of coagulation?

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  1. Malignancy
  2. Rheumatic disease
  3. Postpartum period
28
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Primary symptom of drug-induced thrombocytopenia

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Oropharyngeal mucositis (sore throat, erythema, ulcers)

29
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Smudge cells

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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia

30
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Waldenstrom macroglonulinemia - symptoms

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  1. Hyperviscosity (diploma, hearing, headache)
  2. Neuropathy
  3. Hepatosplenomegaly, LAD

> 10% clonal B cells

31
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Cyclophosphamide

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Alkylating agent
Lupus with significant renal or CNS problems, vasculitis, cancer

Hemorrhagic cystitis, bladder cancer caused by acrolein metabolite - reduce risk with fluids, frequent voiding, mesna
Sterility, myelosuppression

32
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What is a lung consequence of sickle cell disease?

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Pulmonary hypertension due to vascular remodeling
Intravascular hemolysis releases heme, which consumes nitric oxide resulting in vasoconstriction; there is also inflammation and injury

33
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Why is acute promyelocytic leukemia an emergency?

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Tumor-induced consumptive coagulopathy - via activation of tissue factor (DIC) and increased generation of plasmin (fibrinolysis)

34
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Tumor lysis syndrome - prophylaxis and treatment

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Prophylaxis: IV fluids + xanthine oxidase inhibitor (allopurinol or febuxostat) or rasburicase
Treatment: IV fluids + rasburicase

35
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Hydroxyurea main side effect

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Myelosuppression

36
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How can CML be differentiated from leukemoid reaction?

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CML has low leukocyte alk phos score since they are abnormal neutrophils

37
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

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Defect in anchor protein leading to complement-mediated hemolysis
Venous thrombosis, episodic intravascular hemolysis

38
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Eculizumab

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Treatment for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

Anti-C5 antibody preventing complement activation

39
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Extravascular hemolysis causes

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AIHA, intrinsic RBC enzyme defect (G6PD deficiency) or membrane defect (hereditary spherocytosis)

However, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, DIC, and cold agglutinin IgM are intravascular

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CVID comorbidities

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  1. Autoimmune (RA, hemolytic anemia, pernicious anemia)
  2. IBD-like disease
  3. Enteropathy with makabsorption and weight loss
  4. Granulomas
  5. Increased risk of NHL
41
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What causes TRALI?

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Donor anti-HLA or anti-granulocute Ab cause granulocytes in lungs to agglutinate and degranulate

As opposed to febrile nonhemolytic, which is donor anti-HLA or cytokines

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What lab error can cause pseudothrombocytopenia?

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Platelet clumping due to anti-EDTA antibodies

Drawing blood in heparin or citrate should resolve

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