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What is physiologic anemia of infancy?
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drop of hemoglobin at 8-12 months
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What is the MCC of anemia in a children?
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iron deficiency anemia
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What age group is at the highest risk for iron-deficiency anemia?
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12-24 months
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What are dietary risk factors for iron-deficiency anemia?
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• cows milk
• erratic solid intake |
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What do the RBCs look like in patients with lead poisoning?
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hypochromic, microcytic anemia with basophilic stippling of the RBCs
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What are symptoms of lead poisoning?
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• anemia
• abdominal pain • behavior changes |
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What are treatment options of lead poisoning?
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• environmental
• chelation (dimercaprol or Ca EDTA) |
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What is the most common hemolytic anemia in the US?
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Sickle cell anemia
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What is the inheritance pattern of sickle cell disease?
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autosomal recessive
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What is sickle cell trait protective against?
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malaria
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What do you see in the peripheral smear of patients with sickle cell anemia?
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• sickle cells
• howell jolly bodies |
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What are complications of sickle cell disaese?
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• acute chest syndrome
• aplastic crisis (can be triggered by viral infection) • osteomyelitis • pain in long bones, back, or chest • salmonella • splenic sequestration • vaso-occlusion |
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What is the greatest threat to a patient with an afunctional spleen due to sickle cell disease?
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bacterial sepsis with encapsulated organisms (ex. pneumococus, E. coli, H. flu)
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What are expected CBC results in a patient with ALL?
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• elevated WBC
• low H&H • low platelets |
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What is the long-term syrvival of ALL? of AML?
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• ALL: 70%
• AML: 50% |
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Lymphadenopathy is more common in which cervical lymph nodes in patients with Hodgkins Lymphoma?
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• cervical
• supraclavicular |
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What is the most common intrarenal malignant tumor in kids?
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Wilms tumors
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