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What is the term for immature cells in the peripheral pool?

A

shift to the left

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What is the most common adulthood leukemia?

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CLL

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What leukemia has smudge cells?

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CLL

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The study of blood and its formed elements is termed ____

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hematology

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What are the 3 major criteria for polycythemia vera?

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  • splenomegaly
  • normal O2 sat
  • ^RBC mass
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What test is used to diagnose autoimmune hemolytic anemias?

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DAT/Coomb’s test

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Total WBCs multiplied by the percent of cell type is called ____, and should be considered when evaluating a WBC differential for disease.

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absolute concentration

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Hemophilia B is a deficiency in what factor?

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IX

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What is the main storage form of iron?

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Ferritin

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What is the most useful test in evaluating iron status?

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Ferritin

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What type of test is used to evaluate the course of a disease, effectiveness of drug therapies, and/or detect complications?

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monitoring

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What test is used to monitor warfarin (coumadin) therapy?

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prothrombin time (PT)

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What test is used to evaluate the extrinsic and common pathways?

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Prothrombin time (PT)

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What is the primary regulator of erythropoiesis?

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EPO
(produced in kidney)

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A WBC count greater than 50,000 cubic millimetres with the WBC differential showing more than 5% immature cells which is not neoplastic is called ____

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leukemoid reaction

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What wintrobe indices is most commonly used to classify anemia?

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MCV

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What wintrobe indices evaluate the average red blood cell size and volume?

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MCV

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OSHA recommends ____ precautions to be followed when working with blood or bodily fluids

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universal

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Heparin exhibits an anticoagulant effect by working with which inhibitor of coagulation?

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antithrombin 3
(ATIII)

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What is the best lab test to monitor patients on heparin therapy?

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APTT

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The most common cause of neutrophilia is ____

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bacterial infection / tissue necrosis

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Hemoglobin A2 over what percent is diagnostic for beta thalassemia minor?

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5%

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What thalassemia is also called Cooleys Anemia?

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beta thalassemia major

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What coagulation test would be elevated in a patient with DIC due to the body’s attempt to lyse the abnormal clotting?

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D-Dimer OR fibrin split products

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What is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)?
systemic activation of coagulation with widespread thrombosis consumes platelets & fibrinogen resulting in hemorrhage
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What determines the mean reference range from a sample of individuals in a lab test?
Gaussian Standard Deviation
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What statistical concept is used to calculate normal reference ranges?
Gaussian distribution
28
What 2-part test was historically used for patients suspected of having pernicious anemia or malabsorption?
Schilling's test
29
One hemoglobin molecule consists of how many loosely bound globin chains?
4
30
How are globin chains of a hemoglobin molecule arranged?
2 pairs: - 2 alpha chains - 2 of another type
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What statistical analysis term refers to the ability of a lab test to give normal results in a patient without a particular disease thus avoiding a false positive?
specificity
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What is the most reliable measure of RBC production rate?
reticulocyte count
33
Which anemia is a RBC hypoproliferative disorder?
ACD (anemia of chronic disease)
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What terms of RBC morphology would apply to RBC indices findings on patients with ACD?
normocytic normochromic
35
What leukemia has Auer rods?
AML
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What term applies to lab testing done when a patient is not ill and the results can usually offer a better reference value than standard normal ranges in interpreting a patient's data?
baseline values
37
What tests for the presence of hemoglobin in stool?
**Guaiac**/occult blood/hemoccult test
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What is the iron transport protein?
transferrin
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What reflects the rate of iron delivery to tissues?
transferrin
40
What finding on RBC indices would indicate a macrocytic (megaloblastic) anemia?
^MCV
41
What wintrobe indices evaluates the uniformity of RBC size and shape?
RDW (Red cell distribution width)
42
What inhibits vitamin K dependent gamma carboxylation?
Coumadin
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What value allows for comparison from one lab to another to monitor a stable dose of a patient's **coumadin** (warfarin)
INR (international normalized ratio)
44
In primary hemostasis, the aggregation of additional platelets is mediated by what?
glycoprotein IIb & IIIa
45
What anemia has Heinz bodies?
G6P deficiency
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What type of lab test looks for evidence of disease in asymptomatic people?
screening
47
Intrinsic coagulation protein activation activates what to convert factor XII to XIIa?
contact phase protein
48
What test is used to evaluate the intrinsic and common pathways?
(activated) Partial thromboplastin time (APTT / PTT)
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What are the findings for RBCs, WBCs, and platelets in a patient with aplastic anemia?
all decreased
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What lab testing is currently most useful in confirming or ruling out pernicious anemia, replacing Schilling test?
**Anti Parietal Cell Antibodies** and **Anti-Intrinsic Factor Antibodies**
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What bleeding disorder would have lab results of increased APTT, normal PT, and a deficiency in factor VIII?
hemophilia A (aaaaate = factor 8)
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What test evaluates the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin and can be used to assess dysfibrinogenemia?
thrombin time
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What test assesses the quantity of platelets?
platelet count
54
What test is an in-vivo assessment of platelet function assessing the adhesion and aggregation, and detects qualitative defects?
bleeding time (BT)
55
Name the vitamin K dependent coagulation factors.
- II (prothrombin) - VII - IX - X
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In the presence of heparin, what vitamin K-dependent factors are inhibited by ATIII?
II, IX, X (NOT VII)
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What causes macrocytic (megaloblastic) anemia?
B12/folate deficiency
58
What are the 4 steps of primary hemostasis?
1. **Adhesion** to collagen 2. **Release** of platelet contents 3. **Aggregation** of additional platelets 4. Provision of **Phospholipid surface**
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Name 4 hemolytic tests.
- ^LDH - ^Total bilirubin - ^reticulocytes - decreased haptoglobin
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What are the lab findings for anemia of chronic disease?
- low serum Fe - low TIBC - low O2 sat - **normal ferritin**

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