WorksheetsAssessment 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
Select the following that enhance Fe absorption (select all that apply) a. Citric acid b. Polyphenols (tea) c. Phytate (bran) d. Calcium e. Ascorbic acid
Polyphenols (tea)
Phytate (bran)
Ascorbic acid
Calcium
Beta-thalassemia, unlike alpha-thalassemia, presents at approximately 6 months of age.
True
False
Decreased or stopped production of alpha-globin chains results in HbH (4 gamma chains together) and Hb Barts (4 beta chains together)
True
False
A 60 year old man presented with blackish stool for 2 days. He has underlying ischaemic heart disease on antiplatelet therapy. Clinically he is pale and not jaundice. His hemoglobin is 6 g/dL. What is the likely cause of his anaemia?
Thalassemia
Anaemic of chronic disease
Iron deficiency anaemia
autoimmune hemolytic anaemia
A 15 year old girl presented with symptomatic anaemia. She has been regularly transfused monthly since the age of 6 months. However defaulted followup for the past 2 months. She is clinically pale and jaundice. Abdominal examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly. Her Hb is 4 g/dL. The likely diagnosis is
Beta Thalassemia Major
Beta Thalassemia trait
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anaemia
G6PD deficiency
Hemolytic anaemia results in ________________ anaemia.
Microcytic anaemia
Normocytic anaemia
Macrocytic anaemia
None of the above
When should you consider the diagnosis of hemolytic anaemia?
Rapid drop of hemoglobin
Presence of malaenic stool
Increased in reticulocyte count
None of the above
Following are causes of immune hemolytic anaemia except
Autoimmune hemolytic anaemia
Paroxymal cold hemoglobinuria
Thalassemia
Hereditary spherocytosis
List 4 (four) ways to classify hemolytic anaemia.
(a)
The following is/are the cause(s) of intravascular hemolysis
Thalassemia
G6PD deficiency
Malaria
Hereditary elliptocytosis
