Which of the following mechanisms is responsible for accumulating lactic acid in shock?
A) The citric acid cycle
B) Gluconeogenesis
C) Hemostasis
D) Anaerobic metabolism
D
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What substances are released when carbonic acid dissociates?
A. bicarbonate ions and proteins B. bicarbonate ions and OH- C. bicarbonate ions and OH- D. bicarbonate ions and water
The ________ of death is the immediate medical event that brought about the cessation of life.
A) cause B) mechanism C) manner D) none of the above
According to the WHO classification, when differentiating myelodysplastic syndromes and acute leukemia, acute leukemia's:
a. Blasts must be >20% in the bone marrow. b. Blasts must be >20% in the bone marrow and contain Auer rods. c. Bone marrow must contain fibrosis. d. Blast count is close to 100%.
A patient presents with bleeding and is found to be in DIC. The peripheral smear contains hypergranular promyelocytes. The white count is slightly elevated. The bone marrow contains cells with multiple Auer rods with a clear blue cytoplasm
a. AML with 11q23 abnormalities b. AML with t(15;17) q22;q12) c. Microgranular APL variant d. AML with multilineage dysplasia