Anemia
This is the formation of blood cell components.
What is hematopoiesis?
Thalassemias are described as this type of anemia.
What is microcytic hypochromic?
In addition to folic acid supplementation, this is the treatment of choice for hereditary spherocytosis.
What is splenectomy?
This is the most common cause of acute renal failure in children.
What is HUS?
This test evaluates coagulation factors I, II, V, VII, and X.
What is Prothrombin Time (PT)?
Anemia of chronic disease, aplastic anemia, folate deficiency and this are types of anemia caused by decreased production of blood cells.
Alpha thalassemia is most prevalent in these ethnic populations.
What are South East Asian and Chinese?
This hormone made by the kidneys plays a key role in RBC production.
What is erythropoietin?
Risk of spontaneous bleeding, bruising and petechial hemorrhage occurs when the platelet count drops below this threshold.
What is 20,000?
This lab test evaluates the intrinsic pathway of coagulation.
What is activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)?
This term describes the average red blood cell volume, meaning the actual size of the cells themselves.
What is the mean corpuscular volume (MCV)?
Beta thalassemia is most prevalent in this ethnic population.
What is Mediterranean (especially Italian and Greek)?
This is the hallmark laboratory finding for aplastic anemia.
What is pancytopenia?
Classic HUS is thought to be due to this type of mediated process.
What is Shiga Toxin?
This is the first step in the treatment of HIT.
What is stop the heparin?
Erythropoietin is produced by these cells in the kidney.
What are the peritubular interstitial cells?
This treatment is curative for Beta Thalassemia.
What is allogenic stem cell transplant?
Vitamin B12 is important for converting homocysteine into this.
What is methionine?
The classic pentad of TTP (thrombocytopenic purpura) includes anemia, fever, thrombocytopenia, neurologic findings and this.
What is renal failure?
Congenital disorders of coagulation include hemophilia A and B, factor XI deficiency, and this.
What is von Willebrand disease?
This is the most common cause of anemia worldwide.
This version of Alpha Thalassemia is incompatible with life resulting in still birth.
What is hydrops fetalis?
This X-linked recessive disorder is characterized by red blood cell hemolysis after exposure to oxidative drugs, fava beans, or infection.
What is G6PD deficiency?
This treatment for thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is essential without which there is a 95% mortality rate.
What is plasmapheresis (plasma exchange)/
This X-linked recessive disorder, occurring in 1/5000 male live births, leads to a deficiency of factor VIII.
What is hemophilia A?