Numbers
Range of normal hemaglobin for females
What is 12-15
How many lobes makes up the liver?
What is 2
Inflammation of the gallbladder.
What is cholecystitis?
Too many RBCs is called what?
What is polycythemia?
Mucosal bleeding, petechiae, purpura, and cerebral hemorrhaging.
What is clinical manifestations of thrombocytopenia?
Risk factor for gallbladder disease.
What is forty?
Breaking down glycogen into glucose
What is metabolism?
Pain associated with inflamed gallbladder.
What is RUQ pain that may radiate to the right shoulder, scapula
This type of plasma cell lymphoid cancer causes bone resorption with initial symptom as back pain.
What is multiple myeloma?
Protective RBC enzyme against oxidateve stress.
What is G6PD?
Range of time for fat restriction post cholecystectomy.
What is 4-6 weeks?
Liver receives blood from two sources
What is the hepatic artery and the portal vein?
Common symptom for anemia.
What is severe fatigue?
Too little RBCs or hemoglobin is called what?
What is anemia?
Thalassemia that most commonly is seen in Mediterranean and African patients.
What is Beta Thalassemia?
Cholesterol accounts for what percentage of gallstones.
What is 75%?
The formation of calculi (stones) in the gallbladder or biliary duct system.
What is cholelithiasis?
The mortality rate for pancreatitis.
What is 10%?
What is the life span of an erythrocyte?
What is 120 days?
Lack of intrinsic factor is described as ____ anemia.
What is pernicious anemia?
Time for doses of Hep B vaccine.
What is one and six months after the initial vaccine.
Stores energy in the form of glycogen and also removes glucose from the blood when blood glucose levels are high through a process called glycogenesis.
What is the liver?
Late signs of encephalopathy.
What is asterixis, irritability, difficulty concentrating
What is the most numerous WBC?
What is neutrophil?
What is the treatment for acute iron toxicity?
What is the treatment for chronic iron toxicity?
What is acute: flush out unabsorbed iron & chelating agents
chronic: intermittent phlebotomy or iron chelating agents ( Deferoxamine)