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16 Cards in this Set
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What are the three general causes of hypoproteinemia?
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-inadequate intake
-inadequate production -increased loss |
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What are the three causes of inadequate intake of protein? What is the cause of inadequate production?
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-starvation
-malabsorption/digestion -intestinal parasites --liver disease due to neoplasia, cirrhosis or shunt |
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What are five causes of excessive loss of protein?
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-renal
-GI (+/-) rare -hemorrhage -severe exudative skin lesions -repeated effusion draining |
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What are the three causes of loss of albumin and globulin?
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-blood loss
-protein losing enteropathy -exudative skin lesions |
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Where is albumin made?
Where is globulin made? |
liver
lymphoid tissue |
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What are the three causes of hypoalbuminemia with normal globulin or increased globulin?
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-liver failure
-glomerular disease - GI |
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What are two causes of normal albumin with hypoglobulinemia?
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-failure of passive transfer
-immunofediciency this is not common |
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What will value will be decreased if you think malabsorption is the cause of hypoalbuminemia?
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Cholesterol, urea and glucose
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What three values will be decreased if inadequate production is the cause of hypoalbuminemia?
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cholesterol, urea, and glucose
*globulins are increaed due to the liver not filtering antigens* |
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What is increased if you loose albumin through the glomerulous?
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cholesterol
the mechanism is unknown |
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What are the four characteristics of nephrotic syndrome?
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hypoabluminemia
hypercolesterolemia proteinuria edema/ascites |
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What are the two causes of hyperproteinemia?
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dehydration
hyperglobulinemia |
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What are causes of hypeglobulinemia?
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monoclonal = neoplasia
polyclonal = inflammation |
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Is annode or cathode something you'd see with an accumulation of globulin?
How about albumin? |
cathode
anode |
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What are some causes of polyclonal gammopathy?
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inflammation
Ehrlichiosis in dogs FIP in cats |
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What are causes of monoclonal gammopathy?
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multiple myeloma
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