Rheumatology & Haematology — Flashcards

Iron deficiency is caused by 1. dietary _____ 2. increased iron requirement e.g. growth spurt, pregnancy 3. increased iron loss e.g. GI bleeding from malignancy or peptic ulcer disease, menstrual bleeding, frequent blood donation 4. malabsorption e.g. IBD, coeliac disease, bariatric surgery

What are the three main causes of asplenia/hyposplenism? 1. _____ ~75% 2. Traumatic ~20% 3. Hyposplenism/autosplenectomy ~5%

What is the management for a haemodynamically unstable patient with a spleen injury? _____

Antibiotic prophylaxis for asplenic children should be taken until at least _____ years old

Consider _____ transfusion in bleeding patients with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) & fibrinogen levels < 1-1.5g/L

Patients with splenectomy/hyposplenism should be strongly cautioned of _____ and should take all precautions

Hint: tropical disease

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) presents with _____ & thrombosis

Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is associated with thrombosis, resulting in _____ failure

_____ is a severe form of hyposplenism where the spleen "self destructs" causing physiological loss of splenic function

In DIC where thrombosis predominates, consider management with _____