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10 Cards in this Set
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Front (Term) Anti-Ig antibodies added to patient's blood. RBCs agglutinate if RBCs are coated with Ig |
Back (Definition) Direct Coombs test |
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Normal RBCs added to patient's serum. If serum has anti-RBCs surface Ig, RBCs agglutinate when Coombs reagent is added |
Indirect Coombs test |
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Imatinib |
Back (Definition) A tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is targeted specifically for oncogenes protein (Bcr-Abl) made by the Philadelphia chromosome |
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Schilling test-give radiolabeled B12 and appears in the urine |
B12 deficiency (absorptive mechanism is working!) |
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Schilling test-Give intrinsic factor and radiolabeled B12 and B12 in urine |
Pernicious anemia |
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Schilling test-Give intrinsic factor and radiolabeled B12 and NO B12 in urine |
Malabsorption commonly due to ileal resection, Crohn's disease, diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm) |
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Classic symptoms- fever, thrombocytopenia (leading to bruising and petechaie), renal failure, neurologic disturbances and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (schistocytes on blood smear) |
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Think FAT RN |
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Dimercaprol |
First line medical treatments for lead poisoning |
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Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) |
First line medical treatments for lead poisoning |
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Succimer |
First line medical treatments for lead poisoning in children |
