Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Methemoglobinemia can be treated by _____ and vitamin C

Answer: methylene blue

Flashcard 2: Methemoglobinemia can be treated with _____ or vitamin C

Answer: methylene blue

Flashcard 3: _____, anemia and thrombocytopenia are hematological complications of Ganciclovir.

Answer: Leukopenia (neutropenia)

Flashcard 4: Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are generally recommended in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) when hemoglobin levels fall below _____ .

Answer: 10 g/dL

Extra: In patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are typically initiated when the hemoglobin level falls below 10 g/dL. The goal of treatment is to maintain hemoglobin between 10.0 and 11.5 g/dL. Higher targets (>13 g/dL) are avoided because they have been linked to an increased risk of stroke, hypertension, and cardiovascular complications (as demonstrated in the TREAT and CREATE trials). Additionally, iron stores must be adequate (TSAT > 20% and ferritin > 100-200 ng/mL) before starting ESAs for optimal response.

Flashcard 5: Vitamin _____ is used as an ancillary treatment for methemoglobinemia

Answer: C

Flashcard 6: Why should cyanocobalamin never be administered through IV route?_____

Answer: almost all of the vitamin is lost in the urine

Flashcard 7: Treatment of hemophilia A involves _____ plus recombinant factor VIII

Answer: desmopressin

Flashcard 8: _____ is a competitive antagonist of PAR-1

Answer: Vorapaxar

Flashcard 9: _____ is considered superior to all other parenteral iron supplementation especially for postpartum IDA.

Answer: Ferric carboxymaltose

Flashcard 10: Immune thrombocytopenia can be treated with the TPO receptor agonists _____ and romiplostim

Answer: eltrombopag