NM 703 FINAL PAPER 2025 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What foods can interfere with iron absorption? - ✔✔(1) tea (2) coffee (3) chocolate
(4) dairy products (5) alcohol (6) high fiber foods
✔✔What regions is alpha thalassemia normally found? - ✔✔(1) southeast asia (2) china
(3) india (4) phillipines
✔✔What regions is beta thalassemia normally found? - ✔✔(1) Mediterranean (2) middle
east (3) African or Asian descent
✔✔Does thalassemia affect males and females equally? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How early can children be diagnosed with thalassemia? - ✔✔3 months
✔✔When children are diagnosed with thalassemia at 3 months, what do they normally
present with? - ✔✔(1) severe anemia (2) pallor (3) jaundice (4) enlarged spleen (5)
enlarged liver or heart
✔✔What are the 3 components of adult hgb? - ✔✔(1) heme (2) alpha globulin (2) beta
globulin
✔✔What is the treatment for beta thalassemia? - ✔✔Blood transfusions as needed
✔✔What is the risk of many blood transfusions with beta thalassemia? - ✔✔Too much
iron
✔✔A person with beta thalassemia should receive what with blood transfusions? -
✔✔desferoxamine
✔✔What can happen with alpha thalassemia diagnosed hemoglobin h disease? -
✔✔Hemolytic anemia
✔✔Hemoglobin H disease, in most cases, is milder than ______________. - ✔✔Beta
thalassemia
✔✔What happens to infants with alpha thalassemia major? - ✔✔Don't survive to birth or
die shortly after
✔✔Thalassemia is protective against what? - ✔✔Malaria
✔✔All types of thalassemia are caused by changes in what? - ✔✔Alpha or beta globin
gene
, ✔✔What type of inheritance is thalassemia? - ✔✔Recessive
✔✔What is caused by deletion of a significant amount of chromosome 16, affecting the
alpha globin genes? - ✔✔Alpha thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
✔✔Since thalassemia trait can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from iron deficiency,
tests to evaluate ________ are important. - ✔✔Iron levels
✔✔What are 3 tests used to screen for thalassemia disease or trait? - ✔✔(1) CBC (2)
hemoglobin electrophoresis with quantitative hgb A2 and hgb F (3) free erythrocyte-
protporphyrin
✔✔How do you determine thalassemia before birth? - ✔✔(1) Chronic villus sampling
(10 weeks of pregnancy) (2) amniocentesis (15 and 22 weeks)
✔✔What should you always evaluate with chest pain? - ✔✔(1) MI (2) angina (3) life
threating diagnosis
✔✔How long does the cough last with acute bronchitis? - ✔✔1-3 weeks
✔✔What is the normal cause of bronchitis? - ✔✔A viral infection
✔✔Where is RSV most common? - ✔✔(1) small children (2) elderly (3) geriatric wards
(4) senior day care setting (5) nursing homes
✔✔What can increase the severity of a bronchitis infection? - ✔✔Smoking or chemical
irritants
✔✔Do you normally need to treat acute bronchitis with abx? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is possible risk with azithromycin? - ✔✔Abnormal electrical changes in the
heart
✔✔What is Chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by increased
responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to various stimuli, resulting in episodic
reversible narrowing and inflammation of the airways? - ✔✔asthma
✔✔What is the most common chronic respiratory disorder among all age groups? -
✔✔Asthma
✔✔Who has the highest asthma death rate? - ✔✔Women
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What foods can interfere with iron absorption? - ✔✔(1) tea (2) coffee (3) chocolate
(4) dairy products (5) alcohol (6) high fiber foods
✔✔What regions is alpha thalassemia normally found? - ✔✔(1) southeast asia (2) china
(3) india (4) phillipines
✔✔What regions is beta thalassemia normally found? - ✔✔(1) Mediterranean (2) middle
east (3) African or Asian descent
✔✔Does thalassemia affect males and females equally? - ✔✔Yes
✔✔How early can children be diagnosed with thalassemia? - ✔✔3 months
✔✔When children are diagnosed with thalassemia at 3 months, what do they normally
present with? - ✔✔(1) severe anemia (2) pallor (3) jaundice (4) enlarged spleen (5)
enlarged liver or heart
✔✔What are the 3 components of adult hgb? - ✔✔(1) heme (2) alpha globulin (2) beta
globulin
✔✔What is the treatment for beta thalassemia? - ✔✔Blood transfusions as needed
✔✔What is the risk of many blood transfusions with beta thalassemia? - ✔✔Too much
iron
✔✔A person with beta thalassemia should receive what with blood transfusions? -
✔✔desferoxamine
✔✔What can happen with alpha thalassemia diagnosed hemoglobin h disease? -
✔✔Hemolytic anemia
✔✔Hemoglobin H disease, in most cases, is milder than ______________. - ✔✔Beta
thalassemia
✔✔What happens to infants with alpha thalassemia major? - ✔✔Don't survive to birth or
die shortly after
✔✔Thalassemia is protective against what? - ✔✔Malaria
✔✔All types of thalassemia are caused by changes in what? - ✔✔Alpha or beta globin
gene
, ✔✔What type of inheritance is thalassemia? - ✔✔Recessive
✔✔What is caused by deletion of a significant amount of chromosome 16, affecting the
alpha globin genes? - ✔✔Alpha thalassemia mental retardation syndrome
✔✔Since thalassemia trait can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from iron deficiency,
tests to evaluate ________ are important. - ✔✔Iron levels
✔✔What are 3 tests used to screen for thalassemia disease or trait? - ✔✔(1) CBC (2)
hemoglobin electrophoresis with quantitative hgb A2 and hgb F (3) free erythrocyte-
protporphyrin
✔✔How do you determine thalassemia before birth? - ✔✔(1) Chronic villus sampling
(10 weeks of pregnancy) (2) amniocentesis (15 and 22 weeks)
✔✔What should you always evaluate with chest pain? - ✔✔(1) MI (2) angina (3) life
threating diagnosis
✔✔How long does the cough last with acute bronchitis? - ✔✔1-3 weeks
✔✔What is the normal cause of bronchitis? - ✔✔A viral infection
✔✔Where is RSV most common? - ✔✔(1) small children (2) elderly (3) geriatric wards
(4) senior day care setting (5) nursing homes
✔✔What can increase the severity of a bronchitis infection? - ✔✔Smoking or chemical
irritants
✔✔Do you normally need to treat acute bronchitis with abx? - ✔✔No
✔✔What is possible risk with azithromycin? - ✔✔Abnormal electrical changes in the
heart
✔✔What is Chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by increased
responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to various stimuli, resulting in episodic
reversible narrowing and inflammation of the airways? - ✔✔asthma
✔✔What is the most common chronic respiratory disorder among all age groups? -
✔✔Asthma
✔✔Who has the highest asthma death rate? - ✔✔Women
