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What is the most common cause of aplastic anemia?

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Idiopathic (unknown)

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What are the four secondary causes for aplastic anemia?

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Chemicals, Drugs (chloramphenical), Radiation, and infections (Chronic)

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What is the most common congenital disorder associated with aplastic anemia?

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Fanconi’s anemia

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What is the BM cellularity of aplastic anemia?

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Hypocellular

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What is the CBC results of someone with aplastic anemia?

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Pancytopenia Decreased in HGB and HCT, Normocytic normochromic.

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What is the RBC morphology of someone with aplastic anemia?

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No characteristic; few present.

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What is the retic count for someone with aplastic anemia?

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Decreased to absent.

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What is the treatment for someone with aplastic anemia?

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Take away offending agent, support therapy, immunosuppressive therapy. Cure = BM transplant

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What type of Poik is in every hemoglobinapathy?

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Targets

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What is the amino acid substitution for someone with sickle cell?

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Valine for glutamic acid

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What are the 3 factors contributing to sickling process?

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Hypoxia, acidosis (CO2) and Dehydration

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What is the cause for painful crisis in SC?

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Infection, fever, dehydration, exposure to extreme cold (tissue damage)

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What are the causes for acute chest syndrome in SC?

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Infarction of lungs

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What are the causes for high risk of infection in SC?

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Tissue damage in spleen

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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to inheritance?

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SCD: inherited two sickle genes, one from each parent.
SCT: Inherited one normal gene from one parent and one sickle gene from the other

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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to hemoglobin nomenclature?

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AS = Trait
SS = Disease
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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to solubility results?

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AS and SS remain turbid and are insoluble. only AA is soluble and is thus clear

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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to hemoglobin electrophoresis results?

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AS: two bands A>S
SS: S>F (no A)

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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to RBC morphology?

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SS: Targets, sickles, schistocytes, sphereocytes
AS: Slight targets, usually no sickles unless in crisis

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What is the difference from SC disease and SC trait in regards to treatment?

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SS: Hydration, Morphine, antibiotics, blood transfusions
AS: No treatment

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What is the principle of the sickledex solubility test?

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Reduction; S- HGB is insoluble, A is soluble

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What is the reagent for the sickledex solubility test?

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Sodium dithionite or sodium metabisulfite

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What are the causes for false positives in the sickledex solubility test?

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Protienemia, >18g/dL, other sickling HGBs

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What are the causes for false negatives in the sickledex solubility test?

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Newborn, HGB

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What is the amino acid substitution for someone with hemoglobin C disease?
Lysine for glutamic acid
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What is the difference from Hemoglobin C disease and Hemoglobin C trait in regards to clinical presentation?
CC: mildly hemolytic; splenomegaly AC: Asymptomatic
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What is the difference from Hemoglobin C disease and Hemoglobin C trait in regards to hemoglobin nomenclature?
``` CC = disease AC = trait ```
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What is the difference from Hemoglobin C disease and Hemoglobin C trait in regards to hemoglobin electrophoresis?
``` CC = 100% C, (no A) AC = A>C ```
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What is the difference from Hemoglobin C disease and Hemoglobin C trait in regards to RBC morphology?
CC: Targets +, Crystals, polychromes, (increase in retic)
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What is the inheritance for SC disease?
Lysine sub from one parent, Valine sub from the other
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What is the clinical presentation for SC disease?
Less sever than sickle but severe hemolytic anemia with painful crisis
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What is the electrophoresis result for someone with SC disease?
S = C
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What is the RBC morphology for someone with SC disease?
Tartget +, C-crystals, S-C Crystals, polychromasia, H-J, Pappenheimer, nRBC
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Review worksheet 7 for electrophoretic patter in cord blood, CC, SC, AC, AS, and SS
Review!!
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What is the inheritance for someone with sickle cell-Beta thal?
Valine suc from one and B^o or B^+ from the other
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What are the clinical presentations for someone with sickle cell-Beta thal major vs. minor?
Major: severe hemolytic anemia Minor: Mild to moderate
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What are the hemoglobin electrophoresis results for someone with sickle cell-Beta thal major vs. minor?
Major: S>F (^)> A2 (^) (no A) Minor: S>A>F (^)>A2
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What is the RBC morphology for someone with sickle cell-Beta thal major vs. minor?
Targets +, sickles, nRBC, hemolytic poik | Sickles may be absent in minor
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What are the two ways that Hemoglobin D disease is differentiated from Hemoglobin S?
Solubility and Citrate electrophoresis
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What is the worlds third most common abnormal hemoglobin and where does it occur?
Hemoglobin E disease, SE Asia`
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What is the mechanism for hereditary sphereocytosis?
Decrease in spectrin = Increase permeability of Na+ into cell
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What is the mechanism for hereditary elliptocytosis?
Decrease in cholesterol causing HGB to polarize to opposite sides of cell
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What is the mechanism for hereditary stomatocytosis?
Defect in Na+/K+ pump
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What is the clinical presentation for hereditary sphereocytosis?
Anemia, jaundice and splenomegaly
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What is the RBC indices for hereditary sphereocytosis?
HGB ~ 12g/dL | MCHC = 36-38%
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What is the RBC morphology for hereditary sphereocytosis?
Variable number of spheres, polychromasia, increased retic
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What is the principle for the osmotic fragility test?
Blood to series of hypotonic salt, hemolysis observed
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Conditions that show increased osmotic fragility?
Sphereocytosis
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Conditions that show decreased osmotic fragility?
Thals, sickles, hypochromia
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Conditions that show increased resistance to hemolysis?
Thals, sickles, hypochromia
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Conditions that show decreased resistance to hemolysis?
Sphereocytosis
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What is the NaCl [ ] when hemolysis should begin?
0.45-.50% NaCl
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What is the NaCl [ ] when hemolysis should be completed?
0.3-0.35% NaCl
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What type of pork demonstrate the greater resistance to hemolysis?
Targets (hypochromia and sickles)
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In someone with any hemolytic anemia, what are the expected results for plasma hemoglobin?
Decreased
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In someone with any hemolytic anemia, what are the expected results for retics?
Increased
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In someone with any hemolytic anemia, what are the expected results for serum bilirubin?
Increased
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What is the deficient enzyme in G-6-PD?
Reduced Glutathione
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What is the deficient enzyme in PK deficiency?
Pyruvate Kinase, = Burr
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What is the deficient enzyme in methemoglobin reductase?
Methemoglobin (ferric) Cyanotic
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What is the triggering factors in G-6-PD?
New drug, Infection, Feva beans, ingestion of moth balls
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What is the etiology of PNH?
RBCs are more sensitive than normal to lytic action of complement.
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What is the Clinical presentation of PNH?
Sleep induced hemolytic action, bloody first urine
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What is the CBC for PNH?
Panocytopenia
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What is the RBC morphology for PNH?
None
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What test is done to confirm PNH and what is its result?
Positive HAMS test
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What is the principles of Hams test?
Complement to alternative pathway = lysis of PNH cells
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What are the three conditions that may cause illumine hemolytic anemia?
Transfusions, Pregnancy and organ transplant
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What are the differences between autoimmune and alloimmune hemolytic anemia?
``` Auto = self Allo = antibodies one one react with antigens of another ```
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What is the etiology of cold agglutination?
??????? Clumping of RBC cut to IgM antibody
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What is the CBC results of Cold agglutination?
Break rule of 3 = high HCV
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What antibody is associated with Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria?
Donath-lansteiner antibody
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What are the two disorders associated with MAHA?
hemolytic uremic syndrome and Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
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What is the predominate poik in MAHA?
Schistocytes

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