- Question: The underlying disorder of _____ anemia is defective secretion of intrinsic factor, which is essential for the absorption of vitamin B12.
- Question: Symptoms of polycythemia vera are mainly the result of
- Question: In hemolytic anemia, jaundice occurs only when
- Question: Which anemia produces small, pale erythrocytes?
- Question: Pernicious anemia generally requires continued therapy lasting
- Question: A woman complains of chronic gastritis, fatigue, weight loss, and tingling in her fingers. Laboratory findings show low hemoglobin and hematocrit levels, and a high mean corpuscular volume. These findings are consistent with _____ anemia
- Question: Which proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the development and maintenance of DIC?
- Question: Which of the following is a description consistent with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?
- Question: What change is seen in leukocytes during an allergic disorder (type I) often caused by asthma, hay fever, and drug reactions?
- Question: What is the most common cause of vitamin K deficiency?
- Question: The type of anemia that occurs as a result of thalassemia is
- Question: G6PD and sickle cell disease are
- Question: Hemolytic disease of the newborn can occur if the mother is
- Question: What is the name of the disorder in which levels of bilirubin remain excessively high in the newborn and are deposited in the brain?
- Question: Erythroblastosis fetalis is defined as an
- Question: Polycythemia occurs in a fetus because
- Question: In systolic heart failure, what effect does angiotensin II have on stroke volume?
- Question: What alteration occurs in injured endothelial cells that contributes to atherosclerosis?
- Question: The pulsus paradoxus that occurs as a result of pericardial effusion is significant because it reflects the impairment of the
- Question: Cardiac cells can withstand ischemic conditions and still return to a viable state for how many minutes?
- Question: The foramen ovale is covered by a flap that creates a check valve allowing blood to flow unidirectionally from the _____ to the _____.
- Question: What is the most important clinical manifestation of aortic coarctation in the neonate?
- Question: Which congenital heart defects occur in trisomy 13, trisomy 18, and Down syndrome?
- Question: Which heart defect produces a systolic ejection murmur at the right upper sternal border that transmits to the neck and left lower sternal border with an occasional ejection click?
- Question: An infant has a loud, harsh, holosystolic murmur and systolic thrill that can be detected at the left lower sternal border that radiates to the neck. These clinical findings are consistent with which congenital heart defect?
- Question: The body compensates for anemia by
- Question: Untreated pernicious anemia is fatal, usually because of
- Question: What is the pathophysiologic process of aplastic anemia?
- Question: Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is described as a(n)
- Question: Which of the following is a description consistent with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)?
- Question: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune process involving antibodies against
Instituition / Term | |
Term | August 2018 |
Institution | Chamberlain |
Contributor | Amanda |