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Study Guide Module 3&4 (Hematology and Cardiovascular)
1. Understand anemia (all types). Signs and symptoms
2. Anemia lab values example TIBC, RBC, Ferritin, HB, HC
3. Sickle cell anemia in adults and children, screening, crisis and causes of crises, diagnostic criteria
4. Erythropoiesis process, production
5. Know about folic acid, B12 and the role they play in anemia
6. Understand all the lymphomas (Hodgkin, non-Hodgkin etc)
7. Understand M-proteins role, Von Willebrand factor, Reed Steinberg cells,
8. Understand the leukemias (How to differentiate them) Signs and symptoms, identify any specific tests or abnormalities that occur in each.
9. Know about electrolyte imbalance in Multiple myeloma
10. Know pediatric cancers, all the leukemias
11. Understand hemophilia and other bleeding disorders
12. Understand thrombosis mechanism and thrombosis post-Op
13. Understand EKG in hypertension and other cardiac diseases. Know what each letter on EKG means.
14. EKG interpretations by segments
15. Understand cardiac diseases such as Angina (Types), MI, CHF, cardiomyopathy, pericarditis, Infective endocarditis,cardiac tamponade, mitral valve condition, ACS. Understand the definition, signs and symptoms, treatment.
16. Understand A-fib management and patient education
17. Know cardiac electrical condition
18. Understand JNC8 guidelines for hypertension, (BP range in age groups.)
19. Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia
20. Peripheral vascular diseases, PAD, lymphedema, Raynaud disease
21. Ventricular septal defect in infants
22. Cardiac circulation (blood flow through the heart) understand stroke volume
23. Understand thrombosis causes, how it occur
24. Know all types of murmurs *stenosis and regurgitation)
25. Know all types of shock (neurogenic etc)
26. Understand Vasculitis, varicose veins-how it occur etc
27. Know sepsis management
28. Cellular response to infection (T-cells, neutrophils, eosinophils etc). What happens when virus, bacteria or parasites enters the cell, what immune response occur? Example, which cells are activated
32. When you are studying the leukemias, you must know how to differentiate them. What makes CLL different from ALL. Are there any specific cells that are present which is diagnostic of the condition?
33. How leukemia present in adults and children
