Answer 25

25.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Causes of iron deficiency include blood loss, celiac disease, medications blocking uptake, intravascular hemolysis, pulmonary hemosiderosis, gastric bypass, congenital iron deficiency, and decreased response to EPO.  Partial colectomy is not.  Essentially water only is reabsorbed in the large intestine.

Question 25

25.  All of the following are causes of iron deficiency except:

A.  Blood loss
B.  Celiac Disease
C.  Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity
D.  Partial Colectomy

Answer 24

24.  Choice D is the correct answer.  Beta Thalassemia Major requires lifelong transfusion dependent anemia.  Alpha and Beta Thalassemia Minor are usually asymptomatic and present with microcytic hypochromic anemia.

Question 24

24.  Which of the following Thalassemias are not compatible with extrauterine life?

A.  Beta Thalassemia Minor
B.  Beta Thalassemia Major
C.  Alpha Thalassemia Minor
D.  Alpha Thalassemia Major

Answer 23

23.  Beta and Alpha Thalassemia minor both present as microcytic hypochromic anemia.  Polycythemia is too much hemoglobin production.  Thalassemia does not present as a macrocytic anemia.  

Question 23

23.  Thalassemia rather beta or alpha thalassemia minor presents as what type of anemia:

A.  Macrocytic hypochromic anemia
B.  Microcytic hypochromic anemia
C.  Polycythemia
D.  Thalassemia does not present as an anemia

Answer 22

22.  Choice C.  There is no specific clinical indicator that indicates Sickle Cell Crisis.  The peripheral blood smear typically repeals that 5-50 percent of the RBC are reversible sickled cells.  Increased reticulocyte count, fever, and low oxygen saturation are not considered indicators for Sickle Cell crisis.

Question 22

22.  Your patient is a 43 year old African American female that presents with a "Sickle Cell Crisis."  She is complaining of diffuse myalgias and nausea.  Which of the following clinical indicators is the best indicator that the patient is actually in a Sickle Cell Crisis?

A.  Increased Reticulocyte Count
B.  Low Oxygen Saturation
C.  There is no clinical indicator that indicates Sickle Cell Crisis
D.  Fever

Answer 21

21.  Choice D is the correct answer.  von Willebrand's disease is not considered a hypercoagulable state but is considered a clotting disorder where they are are bleeding risk.  Protein S deficiency, antithrombin III deficiency, and Factor V Leiden are considered hypercoagulable states.  

Question 21

21.  All of the following are considered hypercoagulable diseases except:

A.  Antithrombin III Deficiency
B.  Protein S Deficiency
C.  Factor V Leiden
D.  von Willebrand's Disease