NU171 Exam 1 Review (part 2)
Suspect anemia is Hgb levels are under what - ANSWER 11
Normal Hct levels - ANSWER less than 33
Supplement Iron for anemia if the pt has - ANSWER green tarry stools.
Take with a straw
take with vitamin c
give on an empty stomach - ANSWER iron
What shape are the RBC for someone with sickle cell anemia? - ANSWER Crescent shape
If both parents are carriers of sickle cell, what's the chances the child will inherit it - ANSWER 1:4
What does sickle cell anemia do to the blood? - ANSWER causes clumping and thrombosis
What do you need to watch for with sickle cell anemia? - ANSWER dehydration
Thalassemia - ANSWER Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin
Cooley's anemia - ANSWER a condition that affects the body's ability to produce fully developed
hemoglobin and red blood cells
Hemosiderosis - ANSWER Iron in lungs due to bleeding
Hematopoietic - ANSWER increased production of RBC
, Hemophilia - ANSWER A hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding
Hemophillia Type A - ANSWER Factor VIII deficiency
Hemophillia type B - ANSWER Factor IX deficiency
Leukemia - ANSWER cancer of white blood cells
ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) - ANSWER most common leukemia in children
Incomplete fetal development causes - ANSWER heart defects
Children have limited ability to increase stroke volume in response to - ANSWER decreased cardiac
output
Most heart conditions in children are from - ANSWER congenital heart defects
Preload - ANSWER volume of blood in ventricles at end of diastole
afterload - ANSWER The force or resistance against which the heart pumps.
Contractibility - ANSWER muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract, or become short and
thick, which causes movement
Shunt - ANSWER tube implanted in the body to redirect the flow of a fluid
Murmur - ANSWER abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
ductus venosus - ANSWER liver bypass
foramen ovale - ANSWER lung bypass
Suspect anemia is Hgb levels are under what - ANSWER 11
Normal Hct levels - ANSWER less than 33
Supplement Iron for anemia if the pt has - ANSWER green tarry stools.
Take with a straw
take with vitamin c
give on an empty stomach - ANSWER iron
What shape are the RBC for someone with sickle cell anemia? - ANSWER Crescent shape
If both parents are carriers of sickle cell, what's the chances the child will inherit it - ANSWER 1:4
What does sickle cell anemia do to the blood? - ANSWER causes clumping and thrombosis
What do you need to watch for with sickle cell anemia? - ANSWER dehydration
Thalassemia - ANSWER Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin
Cooley's anemia - ANSWER a condition that affects the body's ability to produce fully developed
hemoglobin and red blood cells
Hemosiderosis - ANSWER Iron in lungs due to bleeding
Hematopoietic - ANSWER increased production of RBC
, Hemophilia - ANSWER A hereditary disease where blood does not coagulate to stop bleeding
Hemophillia Type A - ANSWER Factor VIII deficiency
Hemophillia type B - ANSWER Factor IX deficiency
Leukemia - ANSWER cancer of white blood cells
ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia) - ANSWER most common leukemia in children
Incomplete fetal development causes - ANSWER heart defects
Children have limited ability to increase stroke volume in response to - ANSWER decreased cardiac
output
Most heart conditions in children are from - ANSWER congenital heart defects
Preload - ANSWER volume of blood in ventricles at end of diastole
afterload - ANSWER The force or resistance against which the heart pumps.
Contractibility - ANSWER muscle fibers that are stimulated by nerves contract, or become short and
thick, which causes movement
Shunt - ANSWER tube implanted in the body to redirect the flow of a fluid
Murmur - ANSWER abnormal swishing sound caused by improper closure of the heart valves
ductus venosus - ANSWER liver bypass
foramen ovale - ANSWER lung bypass
