Anemia - answer✔decrease in RBCs (quantity) or oxygen carrying capacity of existing RBCs
(quality)
reticulum stem cells
normoblasts
reticulocytes
erythrocyte - answer✔what is the path of maturation of a blood cell (all occurs in bone marrow
except or last stage)
decreased RBC production
increased RBC destruction
blood loss - answer✔3 main causes of anemia
bone marrow - answer✔what type of anemia is due to a production of RBC issue
hemolytic anemias - answer✔what type of anemias are caused by destruction of RBCs
microcytic - answer✔iron deficiency anemia is what type of anemia
macrocytic - answer✔Folate deficiency anemia is what type of anemia
4.5 mil/mm^3
men - answer✔what is the normal RBC levels, it is higher normally in men or women
<12 g/dL - answer✔someone has anemia if their Hb drops below what
hematocrit - answer✔the % of packed RBCs in a whole blood
hematocrit - answer✔3 major measurements for anemia
pallor
blood in stool
jaundice
spooning fingernails - answer✔signs of anemia
CVD - answer✔what can anemia increase your risk of
pallor - answer✔Extreme or unnatural paleness
>30%
11 g/dL - answer✔what hct and Hb counts do you want if you are doing a major surgery
<25% , 8 g/dL - answer✔if Hct and Hb are below these levels the pt needs a blood transfusion
anemia - answer✔if someone has balding mucosa that means they usually have
beta chain 6th amino acid
glutamic acid > valine - answer✔what mutation occurs in the hemoglobin of a person with
sickle cell diease
sickle cell trait - answer✔disorder in which individuals show signs of mild anemia only when
they are seriously deprived of oxygen; occurs in individuals who have one dominant allele for
normal blood cells and one recessive sickle-cell allele
ischemia
infarction
inflammation - answer✔3 I's of clinical greater of a sickle cell crisis
the shape of the sickle cell causes it to get stuck - answer✔what is the underlying
pathophysiology of a sickle cell crisis
sickle cell trait - answer✔sickle cell trait or disease is the heterozygous state?
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