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18 Cards in this Set
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Decrease in the oxygen carrying capacity in the blood |
Anemia |
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Extrinsic Intrinsic defects |
Hemolytic Anemias |
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Blood loss Hemolysis Decreased Red Cell production |
Categories
Anemia |
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Erythroblastosis fetalis (RH disease) |
Extrinsic defects of hemolytic anemias |
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Sickle-cell Anemia Hereditary Spherocytosis |
Intrinsic anemias |
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Splenic removal of cells |
Hereditary spherocytosis |
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Autosomal dominant |
Hereditary spherotycosis |
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Hemoglobinopathy - Sickle Hemoglobin (________)
Disease |
HbS
Sickle-cell disease |
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Hbs crystallizes with deoxygenation - causes sickling of cells; initially reversible, but damages membranes eventually |
Sickle-cell disease |
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Incompatibility of fetal and maternal blood |
Cause of erythroblastosis fetalis |
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RH disease |
Example of erythroblastisis fetalis |
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Perncious anemia
Type of anemia |
Megaloblastic anemia |
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RH negative mother is sensitized by RH positive baby |
RH disease |
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Iron deficiency Megaloblastic anemia Aplastic Anemia |
Decreased RBC production |
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Exposure to myelotoxic drugs Mostly idiopathic Post-viral diseases |
Aplastic anemia |
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Malabsorption of B12 - Deficiency |
Pernicious anemia |
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Autoimmune antibodies against GI cells Complication from gastrectomy |
Causes of B12 malabsorption |
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Suppression of stem cell |
Aplastic anemia |
