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Clinical Medicine II

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show protection from foreign substances, tumor surveillances, self recognition  
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What are tissue components to immune system   show
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show leukocytes, marcrophages, antigen presenting cells  
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Proteins involved in the immune system   show
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show humoral and cellular  
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Parts of humoral immunity   show
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Types of celluar immunity   show
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show B,T or combined defects  
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Types of acquired immune def   show
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3 functions of the spleen   show
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Do we need the spleen   show
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show spleen, mostly during the second trimester  
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How does the cell “kill” foreign cells as blood trickles through it   show
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show w/ removal of spleen, RBC have reminents of its nucleus that the spleen normally removes  
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What are Heinz bodies   show
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show 25% lymphoid mass, 50% total ab producing B cells-clear bacteria from circulation  
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What is the spleen especially good at   show
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What type of organ is the spleen   show
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What is a spleen enlarged   show
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show liver dz, hematolgic malignancy, infx, congestion/inflammation, 1 splenic dz  
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Causes massive splenomegaly   show
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Indications for splenectomy   show
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Can we biopsy the spleen   show
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Consequences of splenectomy   show
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Nuclear remnants in RBC   show
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show splenectomy sepsis w/I 3 years of splenectomy ~5% lifetime risk  
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What is PSS commonly caused by   show
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How do we prevent PSS   show
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Who do we prophalactically treat to prevent PSS   show
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When do we give empiric abx   show
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5 types of WBCs   show
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Polymorphoncuclear cells (PMNs)   show
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Fxns of Neutrophils   show
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show bacterial infx, physiologic stress, corticosteroids  
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What ↓ neutrophil count   show
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When do we compaire ↑ vs ↓ neutrophil count   show
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ANC, levels that create risk   show
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show lymphocytes: B, T and NK cells 20-45% all white cells  
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What are signs for most viral infections   show
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show circulating in blood and in lymphoid tissue: lymph nodes, spleen  
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show D: in bone marrow, M: in llymphoid tissues  
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Functions of B lymphocytes   show
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show T lymphocytes, Helper T (CD4) Cytotoxic suppressor (CD8) 60-85%  
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show regulators of immune sys, influence production of abs by B cells  
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Fxn of cytotoxic suppressor T cesll   show
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show large lymphocytes w/ small number of granules important in preventing growth and spread of tumors  
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show chronic infx: TB, lymphomas, granulomatous dz like sarcoid  
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show phagocytize and kill microorganisms  
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show secrete cytokines that induce fever and inflammation  
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show invasive parasitic dz, chronic inflammatory skin d/o, hypersensitivity states (allergies, vasculitis), certain malignancies (Hodgkins lymphoma)  
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show chronic infiltatrion can cause organ damage by release of granular contents  
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show in allergic d/o’s and myeloproliferative dz (CML, Polycythemia vera)  
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What do basophils differentiate into   show
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show IgE causes histamine release  
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Causes for leukopenia and leukocytosis   show
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When would we call a hematologist or just recheck it   show
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show viral infx (usually ↓ neutorphils)  
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What is leukemia   show
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What are the two types of leukemia   show
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Initial presentation of non   show
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Abno CBC examples   show
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Leukemia classifications   show
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Excess proliferation of a nl WBC   show
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show Acute leukemia, can’t make nl RBCs death fast  
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show ALL CLL AML CML MC is CLL hight dealths AML  
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MC types is young kids, and Old ppl   show
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How to tell b/w acute and chronic   show
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Tx for leukemia   show
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3 phases of Acute leukemia   show
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show ALL  
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Not curable ~10% in adults need bone marrow trx cure   show
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Seen rarely in kids, mostly young/middle aged adults, tx   show
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What is Gleevec   show
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Common lymph nodes you can feel and nl size   show
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Soft, tender mobile lymph node   show
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Firm, rubbery, mobile lymph node   show
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Hard, fixed, non-tender   show
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Cancer of the lymphoid tissues   show
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Which is more common HL or NHL   show
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Dx of lymphoma   show
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Nodes on both sides of diaphragm   show
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show stage I  
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Marrow or other extranodal site   show
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>1node gropu, same side of diaphragm   show
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show B + for fever, night, sweats, wt loss  
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CT scans for internal lymph nodes   show
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show chemo, radioation, stem cell tx  
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Excess production of gamma globulin protein by a single clone of B cells/plasma cells   show
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show monoclonal gammopathy of underteerminded significance  
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Why is MGUS so important!   show
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How dx MGUS   show
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Malignant proliferation of plasma cells   show
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Where is MM seen more often   show
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What are clinical manifestations of MM   show
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Major criteria for MM   show
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show 10-29% plasma cells, smaller M-smike, lytic bone lesions, ↓ immunoglobulin levels  
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show 1 major + 1 minor or 3 minor  
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Tx MM   show
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