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CPHON Exam – Questions With SolutionsThalassemia ✔️Ans - Inherited defect in production of hemoglobin chain.
Destruction of RBC.
Treatment: frequent RBC transfusions
Sickle Cell Disease ✔️Ans - inherited defect of hemoglobin causing
sickling. destruction of RBC
hemophilia ✔️Ans - Congenital deficiency in clotting factor. prolonged
bleeding.
von Willebrand Disease (vWB) ✔️Ans - inherited deficiency or defective
clotting protein.
mucous membrane bleeding
Immune Thrombocytopenia (ITP) ✔️Ans - ACQUIRED. disorder of
excessive platelet destruction
Aplastic Anemia ✔️Ans - suppression of production of formed elements
in blood. Congenital or acquired.
Red Cell Aplasia ✔️Ans - lack of erythoid cell. Congential = Diamond
blackfan. Can be acquired
What does mutatin result in? ✔️Ans - 1. lack of differentiation
2. loss of contact inhibition
3. unregulated growth
4. cellular immortality
what are genetic predispositions to cancer? ✔️Ans - 1. down syndrome
2. Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
3. Retinoblastoma gene
What is part of the ectoderm? ✔️Ans - CNS, brain and spinal cord,
meninges
, What cancers are common in infancy and early childhood? ✔️Ans - 1.
neuroblastoma
2. Wilm's Tumor
3. Retinoblastoma
What cancers are common in adolsence? ✔️Ans - 1. Hodgkin Lymphoma
2. Osteosarcoma
What does the supratentorial part of the brain control? ✔️Ans - 1.
Personality
2. Speech
3. Auditory/ vision
4. motor/ sensory
5. Area of seizure foci
What does the infratentorial part of the brain control? ✔️Ans - 1. balance
and coordination
2. autonomic functions
3. conduit for nerve transmission
What is part of the posterior fossa? ✔️Ans - cerebellum, pons, medulla
oblongata, brain stem
*brain stem controls involuntary function*
think: posterior fossa syndrome, S.S.
What commonly causes increased ICP? ✔️Ans - 1. head trauma
2. hemorrhage
3. neoplasm
4. epilepsy
5. CNS infections
6. medications
7. F&E imbalance
symptoms of increased ICP include ✔️Ans - 1. increasing headaches
2. decrease in consciousness
3. restlessness and irritability
4. bradycardia
5. hypertension
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