Exam 9: Introduction to Hemolytic Anemias: Intracorpuscular Defects: I Hereditary Defects of the Red Cell Membrane

Which of the following laboratory results would be found in a patient with spherocytosis associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia?

Staining the urine sediment for iron with Prussian blue will detect which of the following during a hemolytic anemia?

What does (HE) (4.1) denote?

Which of the following is characteristic of HE?

Which of the following is the major type of hemolysis characteristic of the majority of cases of HS?

Once a hemolytic anemia is determined, which of the following tests would rule out an immune hemolytic anemia if negative?

Which of the following is characteristic of HPP?

Which of the following laboratory results is characteristic of the common type of HE?

In a hemolytic anemia, the first normal compensatory bone marrow response will be reflected in which of the following?

Which of the following tests reflect an increase in red cell destruction?

Which RBC membrane skeletal protein represents a dimer of two highly flexible alpha and beta chains that forms tetramers in the membrane?

The normal bone marrow is able to increase its output how many times to compensate for anemia?

Which of the following represents a normal reticulocyte count in an adult?

Which of the following is not characteristic of hereditary xerocytosis?

Which of the following describes the procedure of the autohemolysis test?

The reticulocyte production index (RPI) corrects the hematocrit to a normal value of which percentage, and takes into account the maturation time of the reticulocyte at a particular hematocrit?