Intro To Anaemia Flashcards
1
Q
Anaemia can be described as a
1)decrease in ____________
2) decrease in ___________
3)decrease in ____________
4)decrease in ____________
5)decrease in ____________
A
Red cell mass
Oxygen carrying capacity of the blood
Hb conc of the blood
Pcv of the blood
Red cell count of that blood
2
Q
In adult male, oxygen delivery is impaired when Hb conc is less than _________
In adult female , oxygen delivery is impaired when Hb conc is less than _________
A
13g/dl
12g/dl
3
Q
In children between 6-14 of both sexes, oxygen delivery is impaired when Hb conc is less than _________
A
12g/dl
4
Q
In children between 30days- 6yrs of both sexes, oxygen delivery is impaired when Hb conc is less than _________
A
11g/dl
5
Q
In children between 0-30days of both sexes, oxygen delivery is impaired when Hb conc is less than _________
A
13.5g/dl
6
Q
1g of Hb would bind to ____ml of oxygen
A
1.34
7
Q
Hb conc of 15g/dl would contain ____ml of oxygen
Meaning that,
For every ____ml of blood, there is __g of Hb
Which means that for every ____ of blood, ___ml of oxygen
A
20-1
100;15
100;20.1
8
Q
___ml = 1dl
A
100
9
Q
Hb conc of 10g/dl would contain ____ml of oxygen
A
13.4
10
Q
Oxygen tension of blood is the __________
A
Amount of oxygen present in 100ml of blood
11
Q
Normal oxygen tension of blood is _______
A
20 volume %
12
Q
With decrease in Hb conc of blood, oxygen tension of blood __________
A
reduces
13
Q
When oxygen tension of blood is 20volume% , the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood is ____mmHg
A
100
14
Q
When the oxygen tension of blood is 15volume%, the partial pressure of the blood is only ____mmHg
A
40
15
Q
Arterial blood has oxygen tension of _____ and partially pressure of ——-
Venous blood has oxygen tension of _____ and partially pressure of ——-
A
20; 100
15; 40
16
Q
In terms of oxygen tension, the arteriovenous difference sub??
A
5volume%
17
Q
4 Physiological adaptations of Anaemia
1)modulation of ______
2)_______ mechanism/______ mechanism
3)________ of blood flow from___ to ____
4)Mechanism to widen the narrowed ________ by bringing down the ____
A
Hb’s Oxygen affinity
Cardiovascular adaptive/compensatory
Redistribution;less o2 sensitive organs to more o2 sensitive organs
Arteriovenous oxygen difference ; venous oxygen blood tension
18
Q
Modulation of Hb’s oxygen binding affinity
By oxygen affinity Hb, we mean the ____/_____ with which Hb binds/complexes with oxygen
A
Avidity
Tenacity
19
Q
The normal haemoglobin is created in such a way that under ___ partial pressure of oxygen , it avidly combines with oxygen and under ____ partial pressure of oxygen, it readily parts with oxygen
A
high
low
20
Q
High oxygen affinity haemoglobin
They bind with oxygen at _________ partial pressure and ____________
A
High and low
Do not part with oxygen
21
Q
Low oxygen affinity haemoglobin bind with oxygen at _________ partial pressure of oxygen
A
Only very high
22
Q
Low oxygen affinity haemoglobin readily picks up oxygen from the lungs
T/F
A
F
23
Q
In anaemic conditions , the love of oxygen by normal haemoglobin is (increased or decreased?)
A
Decreased
24
Q
Reduction of oxygen’s affinity by normal Hb is pathological
T/F
A
F
Physiological
25
In glycolytic/ _________ pathway, G3P is broken down to _____ which is broken down to _____ so as to generate ____ but ____ is not interested in doing that
Embden-Meyerhoff
1,3PG
3PG
Anaemic Rbc
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Anemic rbc converts 1,3 DPG to ______ using _____ enzyme
2,3 DPG
1,3 DPG mutase
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A proton is usually emitted when _____________ happens
Hb complexes with oxygen
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HHb + o2 ——> ______ + ____
Hbo2-
H
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Hbo2- is known as _______
Oxyhemoglobin
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Oxyhemoglobin is found in the acidic or alkaline milleiu?
Acidic
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The mechanism by which 1,3 DPG is converted to 2,3 DPG is called ____________ pathway or _________ shunt
Energy clutch
Rapoport lubering
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Rapoport lubering shunt generates ATP
T/F
F
33
In Anaemic rbcs, Hb exists as ???
HHb or Hbo2-
HHb
34
________ stimulates 1,3 DPG mutase
Alkalinity of the cytoplasm of the anaemic rbc
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2,3 DPG is that molecule that is capable of complexing with ____ and allow ____ to be ________at ______ partial pressure of oxygen and permits oxygen to be ____
Hb
O2
Detached from Hb
Low
Moved into the tissue
36
We say that ______________ is the most important adaptive mechanism to anemia
Generation of 2,3 DPG
37
The hypoxia of blood vessels results in ___________
Vascular dilatation
38
Hypoxia of blood vessels leads to ____eased peripheral resistance
Decr
39
The HR changes in anemia to as high as ___ or ____ bpm or more
90
100
40
In Anaemia, CO is affected
T/F
T
41
Cardiac output = ___ x ___
SV
HR
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Normal
CO?
SV?
HR?
5L
70ml
72bpm
43
What is the oxygen carrying capacity of the normal CO of the body?
1000ml
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Out of the 1000ml of oxygen that reaches the body at each pump,the body only requires about ____ml of oxygen per minute
250
45
Out of the essential 250ml of oxygen that the body needs per minute, the brain alone consumes about __ml of it, the heart consumes about __ml of it, while the muscle mass consumes about __ml of it
60
50
60
46
The oxygen sensitive tissues of the body includes the ____,_____, and ____
Heart
Brain
Skeletal muscle
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Cardiovascular adaptive mechanism is equally vital as a survival mechanism as much as the modulation of Hb’s oxygen affinity
T/F
T
48
The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism has no energy implications
T/F
F
It does
49
The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism will easily fail if the Hb conc falls to the extreme
T/F
T
50
The failure of ______ is usually the cause of death in severe anaemic conditions
The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism
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The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism is effective when the Hb conc is between ______ g/dl
7 and 8
52
With the Hb conc of ______ , the cardiovascular adaptive mechanism will fail
Less than 7g/dl
53
We define severe Anaemia in adults as Hb conc being ______because at this level , _________ would appear and at __________ the whole thing would fail
Less than 8g/dl
Features of failure of cardiovascular adaptive mechanism
7g/dl
54
In children less than ____ years, The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism may not fail until the Hb conc level is ____ or below
5
5g/dl
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The feature of The cardiovascular adaptive mechanism is :
1. Very high ________
2. ______ failure
3. _______ failure
Heart rate
Right ventricular heart
Left ventricular heart
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Right ventricular heart failure usually manifests as:
1. Raised ———-
2.________/________
3._______
4. _____ dependent ______
Jugular venous pressure
Hepatomegaly/hepatoplenomegaly
Ascites
Gravity; leg edema
57
Ascites = excess ________
Abdominal fluid
58
Left ventricular heart failure results in _____ edema which basically ______ the anemic patient to death
Pulmonary
Chokes
59
_____ murmurs in the lungs occurs as a result of Anaemia
Haemic
60
The kidney requires ___ml of oxygen per minute to stay alive even though the blood delivered to it per minute is as much as ____ml but this su for the purpose of _____
4
100
Filtration
61
In Anaemia, which is more,
Plasma or red cell mass?
Plasma
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If the cause of the anemia is not due to bone marrow failure , another adaptive mechanism is _________
Increase in erythropoiesis
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Anaemia is classified broadly into 2
1) ________ classification
2)___________ classification
Morphological
Etiological
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MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
3 types
1)________________
2)__________________
3)_______________
Macrocyctic normochromic
Microcytic hypochromic
Normocytic normochromic
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Macrocyctic normochromic
-Cell size is ________
-cell Hb content is ______
-impairment in ________ and not ________
-aka_________
Large
Normal
DNA synthesis; rna transcription
Megaloblastic Anaemia
66
Microcytic hypochromic
-Cell size is ________
-cell Hb content is ______
-impairment in ________ and not ________
Small
Small
Heme synthesis; dna synthesis
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Normocytic normochromic
-Cell size is ________
-cell Hb content is ______
-usually associated with ______ disorders
-AKA __________
Normal
Normal
Chronic
Anaemia of chronic disorders
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ACD
_________
Anaemia of chronic disorders
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Etiological classification
1) Anaemia of _______ / _____ Anaemia
2) Anaemia of decreased _______/ ____ Anaemia
3)Anaemia of __________ failure
Blood loss; hemorrhagic
Cell survival; hemolytic
Bone marrow
70
Hemorrhagic Anaemia can be either _____ or ______
Acute or chronic
71
Commonest cause of acute hemorrhagic Anaemia is ____________
Ghastly road traffic accident
72
Acute obstetric Hemorrhage : include obstetric conditions such as
1)______
2)______
3)_____
4)_________
Placenta previa
Abruptio placenta
Ectopic gestation
Uterine rupture
73
Placental retention can lead to bleeding which is an example of ___________ hemorrhage
Post partum
74
In Post partum hemorrhage due to placenta retention, the woman has given birth , but ___________ due to ————
The placenta doesn’t come out
It’s adherence
75
Bleeding as a result of snake poison or another poisonous animal
Acute or chronic hemorrhagic Anaemia?
Acute
76
Vomiting of blood is ______
Coughing out blood is ______
Sneezing out blood is ______
Hematemesis
Hemoptysis
Epistaxis
77
DIC = ___________
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
78
DIC
Acute or chronic haemorragic anemia?
Acute
79
Causes of hematemesis
Mention 4
Gastric ulcerations
Gastric carcinoma
Duodenal ulcers
Esophageal varices
80
Epistaxis is usually a phenomenon associated with ______/_____
Weakened blood vessels
Loss of integrity of blood vessels
81
Causes of hemoptysis includes:
1) chronic chest infections such as _____
2)____ disorders such as _______
3)____/_____ cancer
4)______ failure
5)pulmonary _______
TB
Collagen;wegners granulomatosis
Lung; bronchial
Heart
Infarctions
82
Epistaxis may be a feature of
________________
Systemic diseases such as _________
Impairment of ___________
Severe hypertension
Thrombocytopenia
Platelet functions
83
Bleeding into the stool
Aka
————
Haematochezia
84
Haematochezia may be as a result of _________ or ________
Upper GIT bleeding
Lower GIT bleeding
85
Haematochezia of upper GIT bleeding usually presents with ______ stooling
Malena
86
Malena stooling is the passage of ___ colored, _____ smelling faeces
Dark
Foul
87
The causes of upper GIT Haematochezia is the same as the causes of hematemesis
T/F
T
88
Haematochezia of lower GIT bleeding may be as a result of:
1) _______
2)colonic ______
3) colonic _______
4)colonic ______
5)_______
Bleeding hemorrhoids
Polyposis
Diverticulosis
Carcinoma
Anal tear
89
Haematochezia
Inapparent GIT blood loss can also be caused by ________ eg ______
Intestinal parasite
Hookworm
90
Bleeding from/into the urethra is called _______
Hematuria
91
Hematuria may be as a result of a pathology in ____,_____,_____ or _____
Kidney
Ureter
Urethra
Bladder
92
Hematuria as a result of pathology in kidney could be caused by :
___________
Renal ________
Kidney ______
Pyelonephritis
Papillary necrosis
Cancer
93
Renal Papillary necrosis occurs in patients with ______ disease
Sickle cell
94
Example of a kidney Cancer
Wilm’s tumor
95
Hematuria as a result of pathology in ureter could be caused by :
________ resulting in ______
Ureteric stones
Ureteric surface erosions
96
Hematuria as a result of pathology in bladder could be caused by :
1)infestations such as _________
2)bladder _____
3)___________
Schistosoma hematobium
Cancer
Erosion due to stones
97
Hematuria as a result of pathology in urethra could be caused by :
Urethral ________/______ as a result of ____________
Destruction
Fibrosis
Post gonococcal infections
98
In urethral fibrosis, a ______________ is inserted to dislodge and open the fibrosis. This is done using (short or long?) acting but deep anaesthesia such as _______
Bougienage
Short
Epontol
99
Menorrhagia is as a result of
____itis / ____itis
_____ /_______ cancer
Bleeding __________
Dysfunctional _________
Cervicitis; vaginitis
Cervical; endometrial
Endometrial fibroid
Uterine bleeding
100
Haemathrosis is _______
Hematoma is _______
Bleeding into joints
Bleeding into soft tissues
101
Haemathrosis and Hematoma are seen in patients with ______ disorders or ________ deficiencies
Eg, a patient with ______
Coagulation
Coagulant protein
Hemophilia
102
Bleeding into the skin is referred to as ______
Purpura
103
Purpura could be as a result of :
1)_______ disorders (both ____ and ___)
2)________ disease
3)vascular collagen disorder like _____
Platelets; qualitative and quantitative
Von willebrand
Ehler danlos syndrome
104
2 causes of hemolytic Anaemia?
Intra corpuscular pathology
Extra corpuscular pathology
105
Intra corpuscular pathology( as a result of ______)
Extra corpuscular pathology(as a result of ________)
The red cell itself
The red cell environment
106
Intra corpuscular pathology is of 2 types
List them
Red cell membrane pathology
Cytoplasmic pathology
107
Red cell membrane pathology is of 2 types
List them
Acquired membrane pathology
Inherited membrane pathology
108
Acquired membrane pathology usually leads to ________________, as a result of deficiency of _______
Parapxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Decay attack mechanisms
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In Acquired membrane pathology , __________ proteins which are capable of ________ the ____ that make up the rbc membrane
Perforator
Lysin/dissolving
Lipids
110
Perforator proteins are usually a product of _________
Complement protein activation
111
There are some mechanisms on the rbcs membrane that is able to to see and neutralize the activated complement proteins and causing them to decay
T/F
T
112
Acquired membrane pathology is as a result of _________
Zeid’s triad
113
Zeid’s triad consists of ???
Alcoholic liver disease
Hyperlipidemia
Hemolytic Anaemia
114
Severe alcoholics are those who take atleast ___g of alcohol everyday for atleast _____ years
80
10
115
Zeid’s triad
In severe alcoholics , the liver is unable to properly _________ hence they _______ , causing __________ which then migrated to the ________, which leads to that cell to be _________ leading to ____
Biodegrade lipids
move back into the plasma
Hyperlipidemia
Membrane of rbcs
Permanently removed from the circulation
Anaemia
116
5% of alcohol = ____
5g of alcohol in 100ml
117
Inherited membrane pathologies
List 6
Inherited membrane pyropoikilocytosis
Inherited membrane acanthocytosis
Inherited membrane spherocytosis
Inherited membrane stomatocytosis
Inherited membrane ovalocytosis
Inherited membrane elliptocytosis
118
There are 2 types of cytoplasmic pathologies
List them
Enzymopathies
Hemoglobinopathies
119
Enzymopathies and Hemoglobinopathies would result in _______ Anaemia
Hemolytic
120
Enzymopathies are of 2 types
1)deficiency of enzyme in the ______ pathway
2) deficiency of enzyme in the _______ pathway
Glycolytic
HMP
121
Glycolytic pathway enzyme deficiency only includes some of the enzymes in the pathway
T/F
F
Involves all
122
The commonest enzymes deficient in the Glycolytic pathway enzyme deficiency group is ????
Hexokinase
Putivate kinase
123
Glycolytic pathway enzyme deficiency eventually leads to ________ of the red cell
Osmotic lysis
124
The reducing power of the red cell is ____?
NADPH2
125
Deficiency of enzyme reducing power:
NADPH2 is required by the red cell to ___________ macromolecules , including membrane ________ and _____
Reduce oxidized membrane
Proteins and Lipids
126
When the valency points of carbon atom is fully occupied by ___ atoms, they can get detached if you bring _____ like _____ near it, leading to the formation of _______ which allows for way breakage between the carbon atoms
Hence , with each oxidation of the carbon skeleton of membrane protein or lipids, it’s gets closer to its destruction point
Oxidant; H2o2
Double of triple bonds
127
What the rbc uses to reduce oxidized macromolecules is ??
Glutathione (GSH)
128
Glutathione is a ___peptide consisting of ??
Tri
Glutamine
Cysteine
Methionine
129
The 2 enzymes involved in Glutathione formation are
1) _____________ in the rbc which helps to link ________
2)________ in the rbc which links _____ to form _____
Gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl transferase
Glutamic acid to cystein
Glutathione synthase
Methionine; Glutathione
130
Glutathione is written as ____ to show that there’s a presence of a ____ containing amino acid which has a _______ attached to it and can be used to _______________________ from membrane macromolecules
GSH; sulfur
hydrogen atom
replace any H atom that has been detached
131
Reduced state of carbon means when carbon is ______
Fully hydrogenated
132
GSH, when used to replenish H atoms becomes ___ which is _____. Therefore 2 glutathione link together to become a stable compound ‘ _____ ’ with the help of __________ enyme.
GS; unstable
GSSG
glutathione peroxidase
133
_____ is oxidized glutathione
GSSG
134
GSSG must be reduced to ____ because __________________. This is where we need the red cell ______ which is _____
GSH
the red cell doesn’t have unlimited capacity to keep synthesizing GSH
reducing power
NADPH
135
One GSSG is reduced to _________ by ____ enzyme with the help of NADPH2
2 GSH
Glutathione reductase
136
Nadp has to be recycled to NADPH2
T/F
T
137
Nadp has to be recycled to NADPH2. For this to happen, we need a molecule of ______ to be converted to ______ (instead of ________) using ________ enzyme .
This is done using ________ pathway
glucose 6 phosphate
6phosphogluconate
fructose 6 phosphate
glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase
Hexosmonophosphate shunt pathway
138
Bone marrow fat (BMF) is located in the bone marrow cavity and accounts for ___% of adult bone marrow volume.
70
139
O2 tension 15% ; partial pressure =____mmHg
40
140
1g of Hb= ____ml of oxygen
10g/dl pf Hb =____ ml of oxygen
15g/dl pf Hb =_____ ml of oxygen
100 ml of blood= ___g of Hb
1.34
13.4
20.1
15
141
Anaemia occurs if Hb levels drop below these
5yr old- ___g/dl
0-30 days- ____g/dl
30days-6yrs- ___g/dl
6-14 yrs old- ____g/dl
Adult male- _____g/dl
Adult female-____ g/dl
5; 13.5
11; 12
13;12
142
Normal Hb levels
For adult males: _____ to ____ grams per deciliter (g/dL) of blood
For adult females:____ to ____ g/dL of blood
13.5 to 17.5
12.0 to 15.5
143
Burr cell - occurs due to _____ defecienccy
Schistocytes- occurs in ___,_____,____
Macro-ovalocytes- occurs in ______
Target cells occurs in ????
Pyruvate kinase
HUS, TTP, DIC
Megaloblastic anaemia
HALT( HbC Asplenia, liver disease , thalassemia)
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Burr cell - AKA _______
Schistocytes- AKA _______
Spur cells AKA _______
Target cells AKA _______
Echinocyte
Helmet cells
Acanthocyte
Codocyts
