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| normal adult level of RBC's |
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| iron compound in RBC's that carry O2 |
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normal hemoglobin for
males _____
females ____ |
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| percentage of blood volume that is composed of RBC's |
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normal hematocrit range for
males ______
females _____ |
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| hemolysis(destruction) of RBC's occurs in the __(2)__ |
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| hemolysis (destruction) of RBC's results in increased _____ to be processed in the body |
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| ____ results from increased hemolysis or impaired liver or gallbladder function |
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| normal adult levels of WBCs |
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| WBC's whose primary function is phagocytosis of bacteria |
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| immature neutrophils are called _____ |
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| WBC that primarily increases with acute viral infections and transplant rejections |
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WBC that is a potent phagocytic cell
- mature into macrophages to clean wounds prior to healing |
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| WBC that is primarily involved in allergic Rx and parasitic infection |
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| WBC that has the same action as eosinophils |
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| WBC that causes inflammation and capillary leak to move WBC to injured site |
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| normal level of platelets in blood |
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| organ that filters blood by destruction of old or damaged RBCs and platelets |
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| filters blood and removes bacteria, viruses, and debri |
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| stores blood and the breakdown products of RBCs for future use |
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| processes RBC and excretes bilirubin in bile |
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| production site for most blood clotting factors |
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| _____ may be present with anemia because decreased RBCs decreases the viscosity of the blood |
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| smoking is discouraged with anemia because ____ binds to RBC's instead of oxygen and exacerbates hypoxia |
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| defiency of any of these three can cause anemia |
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| surguries and disease of the ____ can lead to iron deficiancy |
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| inflammation of the tongue that can be present with all types of anemia |
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| inflammation of the lips that can be present with all types of anemia |
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| type of anemia that can cause weakness, paresthesia, and confusion |
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| test used to determine if the body properly absorbes B12 (Pernicious anemia) |
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| in sickle cell anemia, _____ causes RBC's to become stiff and sickle shape |
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| disease which causes RBC's to be unable to pass easily through capillaries or small vessels causing vascular obstruction |
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| in sickle cell disease, the sickled RBC's are hemolysised by the _____ which leads to _____ |
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| initially, the sickling of RBC's is reversible with ______, but eventually becomes irreversible due to cell membrane damage |
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| vasoocclusive phenomena - hemolysis |
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| ____ and ____ are the clinical hallmarks of sickle cell disease |
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| s/s of sickle cell anemia r/t to hemolyis of sickled RBC's |
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| vasoocclusive crisis causes ___ in the abdmomen, long bones,hands and feet, joints |
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| clotting factor disorder in which prolonged coagulation causes persistant and severe bleeding |
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| gender most often effeted by hemophelia |
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| type of hemophelia that results from a deficiency of Factor VIII |
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Christmas disease
- hemophelia that results from a deficiency of Factor IX |
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| hemophelia that is a result of protein deficiency and factor VIII |
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| condition of primarily excessive RBC's; however, WBC's and platelets can also increase |
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| primary polycythemia is caused by a ______ _____ |
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| secondary polycythemia is caused by ______ |
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| hypervolemia - hyperviscosity |
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| the s/s of polycythemia are r/t to the ______ and _______ |
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| procedure used to treat polycythemia which involves removing excess blood |
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| procedure use to treat polycythemia that inhibits bone marrow's production of RBC;s |
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| thrombocytopenia casuses prolonged minor or sudden excessive ______ |
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| immune thrombocytopenic purpura |
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| disease that occurs when the immune system destroys circulating platelets |
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| nonimmune/secondary thrombocytopenia |
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| disease caused by the destruction of platelets seconary to drugs, infection, malignancy |
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| last resort procedure done to treat thrombocytopenia by decreasing platelet destruction |
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| malignant disorder of the blood plasma cells in which the neoplastic cells infiltrate the bone marrow |
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| WBC, RBC, platelet production |
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| multiple myeloma causes a decrease in ____(3)___ |
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| with multiple myeloma, cancer of the bone marrow causes ____ _____ |
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| multiple myeloma is rarely cured and death ussually occurs within _____ |
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| malignancy of WBC's in which bone marrow fills with dysfunctional WBC's |
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| disease in which RBC's and platelets are crowded out of marrow causing anemia and bleeding |
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| splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, lymphadenopathy |
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| Leukemic cells leave the bone marrow and move to the circulatory system and infiltrate other organs causing _(3)_ |
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| disease that originates in the lymphoid tissue and bone marrow resulting in proliferation of lymphocytes and progressive painless enlargement of the lymph nodes |
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| in malignant lymphoma, the malignancy can spread along the lymphatic network infiltrate organs such as ____ and ____ |
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| highly curable disease of enlarged malignant lymph nodes |
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| in Hodgkins disease, painless enlarged lymph nodes ussually start in the ____ and spread to _______ |
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| malignant cells present only in Hodgkins lymphoma |
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| with Hodgkins lymphoma, the ingestion of _____ can cause pain at diseased sites |
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| disease of painless enlarged lymph nodes that are randomly spread throughout the body and spread unpredictably |
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lymphoma in which there are no Reed-Sternberg cells present
- poor prognosis |
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