Which is not a manifestation of acute arterial obstruction?
Purpura
Which form of leukemia demonstrates the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome?
CML (chronic myeloid leukemia)
Venous obstruction leads to edema because it ________ pressure
increases capillary hydrostatic
A primary effector cell of the type I hypersensitivity response is
Mast cells
Tissues are able to autoregulate their rate of blood flow by controlling
vascular resistance.
Which of the following clinical findings is indicative of compartment syndrome?
Absent peripheral pulses
Risk factors for atherosclerosis include
Hyperlipidemia
The goal of long term heparin for the management of a deep vein thrombosis is to
prevent further clot formation
A 5-year-old patient's parents report loss of appetite and fatigue in their child. The parents also state that the child refuses to walk as a result of pain. The child's most likely diagnosis is
ALL (acute lymphoid leukemia)
The effects of histamine release include
increased vascular permeability
The relationship of blood flow (Q), resistance (R), and pressure (P) in a vessel can be expressed by which equation?
Q = P/R
Burkitt lymphoma is most closely associated with
Epstein-Barr virus
Renal insufficiency is a common complication of which disease?
Myeloma
RhoGAM (an Rh antibody) would be appropriate in an Rh-_____ woman with an _____ Rh-_____ antibody titer carrying an Rh-_____ fetus.
negative; negative; positive
Which condition is associated with an elevated reticulocyte count?
Hemolytic anemia
The anemia resulting from a deficiency of either vitamin B12 (cobalamin) or folate is caused by a disruption in DNA synthesis of the blast cells in the bone marrow that produces very large abnormal bone marrow cells called megaloblasts.
True
Red blood cells obtain nearly all their energy from metabolism of
Glucose
Vaccination for pneumococcal pneumonia should be performed before 1 year of age in patients with sickle cell anemia.
False
A normal bleeding time in association with normal platelet count, and increased prothrombin time (PT) and INR, is indicative of
Vitamin K deficiency
What laboratory finding is usually found in aplastic anemia?
Pancytopenia
An increase in hemoglobin affinity for oxygen occurs with
Shift to the left
A newborn has melena, bleeding from the umbilicus, and hematuria. The newborn most likely experiencing
vitamin K deficiency bleeding
Widespread activation of the clotting cascade secondary to massive trauma is called
disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
Red blood cells differ from other cell types in the body because they
have no cytoplasmic organelles
have no cytoplasmic organelles
the intrinsic pathway
A serious complication of deep vein thrombosis is
pulmonary embolus
pulmonary embolus
selective IgA
A child with a history of recent strep throat infection develops glomerulonephritis. This is most likely a type _____ hypersensitivity reaction.
III
Myasthenia gravis is a type II hypersensitivity disorder that involves
impaired muscle function
What is the correct definition of complete remission (CR) of leukemia?
CR is less than 5% blasts in marrow and normal CBC values
Certain autoimmune diseases are associated with the presence of specific proteins on a person's cells. These proteins are called ________ proteins.
HLA or MHC
The hypersensitivity reaction that does not involve antibody production is type
IV
The principle Ig mediator of type I hypersensitivity reactions is
IgE.
Which is NOT considered to be a risk factor for thrombus formation?
Thrombocytopenia
A low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and mean corpuscular volume (MCV) are characteristic of which type of anemia?
Iron deficiency
A patient presents to the physician's office with pinpoint hemorrhages on the skin. The patient is most likely between the ages of _____ years.
4 and 7
Patients who experience anemic episodes when exposed to certain drugs most likely have
glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.
The final step in clot formation is
Clot retraction
The most effective therapy for anemia associated with kidney failure is
erythropoietin administration
The most appropriate treatment for secondary polycythemia is
measured to improve oxygenation
Autologous stem cell transplantation is a procedure in which
stem cells are harvested from the patient and then returned to the same patient.