Iron deficiency anemia US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Iron deficiency anemia Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: Megaloblastic anemia is associated with _____ (tongue)
Answer: glossitis
Flashcard 2: What is the most common type of anemia? _____
Answer: Iron deficiency anemia
Flashcard 3: What is the most common cause of iron deficiency in the elderly (Western world)? _____
Answer: Colon polyps/carcinoma
Flashcard 4: Later stages of iron deficiency cause a _____ (MCV) anemia
Answer: microcytic
Flashcard 5: Anemia of chronic disease is characterized by _____ serum iron
Answer: decreased
Flashcard 6: Iron deficiency anemia is characterized by _____ % saturation
Answer: decreased
Flashcard 7: _____ syndrome is characterized by a triad of iron deficiency anemia, esophageal web, and a beefy-red tongue (atrophic glossitis)
Answer: Plummer-Vinson
Flashcard 8: priapism
Answer: spinal trauma, sickle cell disease, medications
Extra: painful, sustained erection not associated with sexual desire or stimulation
Flashcard 9: hemorrhagic stroke
Answer:
Extra: HTN, anticoagulation, neoplasia, recent ischemic stroke
Flashcard 10: hereditary hemorrhagic telangectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
Answer:
Extra: telangectasia, recurrent epistaxis, skin discolorations, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) AD
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