Polycythaemia - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Ross and Wilson ANATOMY and PHYSIOLOGY in Health and Illness Eleventh Edition Anne Waugh, BSc(Hons) MSc CertEd SRN RNT FHEA Senior Lecturer and Senior Teaching Fellow, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK Allison Grant, BSc PhD RGN Lecturer, Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK Churchill Livingstone Front matter Senior Commissioning Editor: Ninette Premdas Development Editor: Cl...

1. A nurse is assessing newborn following forceps assisted birth. Which of the following clinical manifestations should the nurse identify as a complication of the birth method? A. Hypoglycaemia B. Polycythaemia C. Facial Palsy D. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia C Which of the following statements by client indicates an understanding of the teaching? A. "The medication could cause me to experience heart palpitations" B. "This medication could cause me to experience blurred vision" C. "...

HAEMOPOIESIS (HAEMATOPOIESIS): LECRURE (4) Some Terms used in Haematology: Erythropoiesis – Erythrocycytosis/Erythropaenia- Erythrocytopaenia Leucopoiesis: Leucocyctosis/ Leucopaenia- Leucocytopaenia Thrombocytopoiesis: Thrombocytosis/Thrombocytopaenia/Thrombocythaemia Extra-medullary Haemopoiesis (occurs in certain diseases) Granulopoiesis: Granulocytosis/Granulocytopaenia Monocytosis Polycythaemia – Increased Hb level of blood* (polycythemia umbra vera) Lymphopoiesis: Lymphocytosi...

Neoplasia: • state of excessive proliferation of cells • No relation to normal growth and tissue repair. • neoplasm or tumor=abnormal tissue mass • rate of proliferation – ranges from slightly above normal to – wild uncontrolled growth – extends and damages adjacent tissues. – rarely exceeds the fastest normal rate of cell multiplication embryonic development, intestinal mucosal cells, blood and skin. Neoplasia excludes abnormally rapidly cell growths Metaplas...

____ is a biconcave disc without a nucleus that transports O2 to tissues and CO2 to lungs. It uses glucose (90% used in glycolysis, 10% used in HMP shunt) as a source of energy. 120 days What is the life span of erythrocyte? Hematocrit Polycythaemia and erythrocytosis means having a high____. Anisocytosis What is the medical term for red blood cells that are unequal in size? Poikilocytosis What is the medical term for abnormally shaped red blood cells? Reticulocyte ...

Notes from the course of Prof. Bartholomew about the erythropoiesis and pathologies associated with it.