HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY (sara michelle) Questions and Answers A+ Guide

HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY (sara michelle)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide
what are the macrocytic anemias? - correct answers✅✅Folate deficiency
anemia

B12 deficiency anemia



("FAB" - Folate, mAcrocytic, B12)



what are the microcytic anemias? - correct answers✅✅Lead poisoning
anemia

Iron deficiency anemia

Thalassemia



("LIT")



which anemia is associated with alcoholism? - correct
answers✅✅Macrocytic anemias

"FAB"



which anemia causes neurological issues? - correct answers✅✅b12
deficiency anemia



causes tingling of hands and feet, dizziness, unsteady gait



Which anemia causes tingling of hands and feet, dizziness, unsteady gait
(neurological issues) - correct answers✅✅b12 deficiency anemia



S/S of nail spooning, PICA, paleness, fatigue is which type of anemia -
correct answers✅✅iron deficiency anemia

, HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY (sara michelle)
Questions and Answers A+ Guide


what are the labs for iron deficiency anemia? - correct answers✅✅LOW
MCV

LOW FE

HIGH Iron binding capacity (TIBC)



what to limit children <12 mo to PREVENT iron deficiency anemia?? - correct
answers✅✅cows milk



hemoglobin electrophresis diagnoses which 2 types of anemia? - correct
answers✅✅thalassemia and sickle cell anemia



what is a big concern with thalassemia - correct answers✅✅an overload
of iron



bc they require a lot of transfusions which increases the amount of iron in the
blood



labs include - low MCV, high FE, low iron binding capacity (opposite from iron
deficiency



excess iron deposits throughout the body (2) - correct
answers✅✅Hemochromatosis and thalassemia



what is the treatment for Hemochromatosis and polycythemia vera - correct
answers✅✅regular phelbotomy (give blood)