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Anemia NUR 6121 Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Latest Update Micro MCV <80 anemias - Answers Iron Deficiency Anemia Thalassemia Macro MCV >100 anemias - Answers Pernicious Folate B12 Iron Deficiency Anemia Presentation - Answers Koilonychia* classical IDA* spooning of fingernails Cheilosis - fissures on corners of mouth Atrophic Glossitis Pica and Pagophagia Systolic murmurs Tachycardia Heart Failure Pale conjunctiva, nail beds, pale skin microcytic hypochromic anemia - Answers iron deficiency anemia (pale and small) Thalassemia - Answers inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin, leading to hypochromia Gold standard - hemoglobin electrophoresis Elderly patient, alcoholic, c/o fatigue, pallor, red and tender tongue, no neurological complaints, tachycardia - Answers Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia Treatment for IDA - Answers iron supplements Treatment of Thalassemia - Answers Majority asymptomatic - RBC might be elevated. Discovered accidentally by CBC gold standard diagnostic test - Answers Hemoglobin electrophoresis Decreased Renal Epoetin - Answers Anemia of Chronic Disease Cause of anemia of chronic disease - Answers Old age Anemia of chronic disease presentation - Answers Hypo-proliferative Normocytic Normochromic Body just doesn't make enough epo Give procrit or aranesp B12 deficiency anemia - Answers Malabsorption Indian Gastric bypass Which go together? - Answers Pernicious Anemia and B12 deficiency