Blood Components
These carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.
What are red blood cells (RBCs).
Increased destruction of blood cells, excessive blood loss, and this are the major causes of anemia.
What is inadequate production of RBCs or RBC components?
Blood loss, excessive demands for iron required for growth, inadequate supply of iron and this are all causes of iron deficiency anemia.
What is impaired iron absorption?
Sickle cell anemia is the most common form of sickle cell disease within this ethnic group.
Who are African Americans?
The major form of Beta Thalassemia is also known as this.
What is Cooley anemia?
These block germs from causing infection.
What are white blood cells (WBCs).
Infants at highest risk for iron deficiency anemia are preterm infants, infants of multiple gestation pregnancies, born to an iron deficient woman, infants in low socioeconomic groups and these infants.
What are infants that consume more than 500 mL/day of cows milk?
Sources of heme iron are commonly found in these products which are easily absorbed by the body.
What are animal products? (red meat, seafood and poultry)
Under the conditions of dehydration, acidosis, temperature extremes, and this, the distortion of the RBC is triggered.
What is hypoxia?
Small stature, unexplained fever, enlarged spleen or liver, bronzed complexion, prominent frontal and parietal bosses, and this are all manifestations seen in beta thalassemia.
What is an enlarged maxilla?
This liquid part of blood contains clotting factors to help stop bleeding.
What is plasma.
The main complication of anemia is this, due to increased metabolic needs.
What is cardiac decompensation?
This common drink can interfere with iron absorption.
What is tea?
Painful swelling of hands and feet, joint pain, low grade fever are signs of this, due to tissue ischemia.
What is a vaso-occlusive crisis?
Changes seen in hematologist studies reveal these characteristic findings, microcytosis, hypo chronic, and this specific type of cell.
What are target cells?
This is released into the blood stream by the kidney when tissues are in a hypoxic state.
What is erythropoietin?
Children with anemia are prone to this due to tissue hypoxia, and disturbed metabolic processes.
What is infection?
Lab tests that evaluate iron deficiency anemia measure morphologic changes in the RBC, iron concentration and this.
What is the hemoglobin amount and description?
This type of crisis is caused by pooling of large quantities of blood, usually in the spleen, causing rapid decrease in blood volume and ultimately shock.
What is a sequestration crisis?
The main target of supportive therapy is to prevent this by maintaining adequate hemoglobin levels.
What is bone marrow expansion?
Hemolysis in otherwise normal RBCs can be seen with issue, seen often in newborns.
What is blood group incompatibility (ABO) incompatibility)?
Blood transfusions are given to children with severe anemia to do this and prevent circulatory hypervolemia.
What is increase hemoglobin levels?
Upon diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia therapeutic management focuses on this intervention.
What is increasing the amount of supplemental iron?
Medical management of a crisis include these priority interventions, rest, hydration (IV and oral), this.
What are analgesics for severe pain?
A potential complication of frequent blood transfusions is iron overload, this treatment is used to reduce the amount of iron in the body tissues.
What is iron chelation therapy?