Investigation of anaemia
Options:
A. thrombin time, fibrin degradation products
B. rectal examination
C. Hb electrophoresis
D. sickle test
E. urine for Bence Jones protein
F. Ham's test
G. echo
H. Coomb's test
I. total serum iron, iro ferritin, iron binding capacity
J. pyruvate kinase activity
K. serum folate
L. serum B12
1) A 62-year-old woman presents with tiredness, dyspnoea, paraesthesiae and a sore red tongue.
2) A 19-year-old girl presents with menorrhagia and anaemia.
3) A 25-year-old woman develops uncontrolled bleeding post LSCS.
4) A 60-year-old man presents with weight loss, back and shoulder pain, hypercalcemia and renal failure.
5) A 16-year-old Asian girl presents with anaemia.She remembers her brother died at the age of 5 after an illness since birth which required repeated transfusions.
1)pernicious anaemia,serum b12.
2) I its iron deficiency anaemia
3) H haemolytic anaemia
4)E
5)C