Hematology — Flashcards

Patients with hereditary spherocytosis are at risk of _____ with parvovirus B19 infection of erythroid precursors

Women are treated with low-dose aspirin (_____ mg/day) and heparin (5,000 units SC twice daily) for up to 34 weeks for managing APLA.

Multiple myeloma presents with _____ bone lesions and hypercalcemia

PTLD has a variety of symptoms; ranging from symptoms that resemble _____ to malignancy induced dysfunction of the transplanted organ

The causes of eosinophilia may be remembered with the mnemonic "PACCMAN": P: _____A: asthmaC: Churg-Strauss syndromeC: chronic adrenal insufficiencyM: Myeloproliferative disordersA: allergic processesN: neoplasia (ex. Hodgkin lymphoma)

Due to Streptococcus pneumoniae having a polysaccharide capsule virulence factor, patients who have _____ disease or a-splenic patients are particularly susceptible

_____ is a mutated form of factor V that is resistant to degradation by activated protein C

The M spike seen in _____ is due to monoclonal IgM

_____ (vitamin A) is used to treat acute promyelocytic leukemia

Symptoms of essential thrombocythemia are related to an increased risk of _____ and/or thrombosis