HEMATOLOGY

The long-term complications seen in thalassemia major are related to which of the following?

• Hemochromatosis   

• hemolysis 

• Pain 

• Ecchymosis 

Site of hematopoiesis or blood cell formation

This is the fluid portion of blood

Iron deficienxy anemia is the most common type of anemia in all age group

• True

• False

• cannot be determine

• any of the answer

For which of the following conditions would the nurse expect that genetic counseling for the child and family would be inappropriate?

  

• Sickle cell anemia

• Thalassemia   

• Hemophilia

• Iron deficiency anemia

Anemias caused by deficiencies of Vit. B12 or Folic acid

A group of hereditary disorders associated with defective hemoglobin chain synthesis

• POLYCYTHEMIA VERA

• THALASSEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

Anemias caused by deficiencies of Vit. B12 or Folic acid

• POLYCYTHEMIA VERA

• THALASSEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

A proliferative disorder in which the myeloid stem cell seem to have escaped normal control mechanism

• POLYCYTHEMIA VERA

• THALASSEMIA

• SICKLE CELL ANEMIA

• MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA

life expectancy as red cells in sickle cell anemia

• 50 days

• 120 days

• 20 days

• 2 days