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By Y. Kapotth. Sarah Lawrence College.
Patients with chronic re- Sickle-cell anemia order pamelor 25mg online anxiety questionnaire, associated with the abnormal he- nal disease have a decreased production of erythropoietin, moglobin HbS gene, is common in Africa, India, and with a concomitant decrease in red cell production. In the sickle-cell trait, which occurs in loblastic anemia, a condition in which red cell matura- about 9% of African Americans, one abnormal gene is pres- tion in the bone marrow is abnormal; this may result from ent. A single point mutation occurs in the hemoglobin mol- vitamin B12or folic acid deficiency. These cofactors are es- ecule, causing the normal glutamic acid at position 6 of the sential for DNA synthesis. Vitamin B12 is present in high beta chain to be replaced with valine, resulting in HbS. The concentration in liver and, to some degree, in most meat, amino acid substitution is on the surface, resulting in a ten- but it is absent in plants. Vitamin B12 deficiency is rare ex- dency for the hemoglobin molecule to crystallize with cept in strict vegetarians. However, heterozygous individuals have no symp- leafy vegetables; folic acid deficiency commonly occurs toms, and oxygen transport by fetal (HbF) and adult hemo- where malnutrition is prevalent. Most commonly in adults over 60, it results not lective advantage is thought to have favored the persist- from deficient dietary intake but from a decreased vitamin ence of the HbS gene, especially in regions where malaria B12 absorption by the small intestine. Sickle-cell disease represents the homozygous linked to an autoimmune disease in which there is im- condition (S/S) and occurs in about 0. The onset of sickle-cell anemia occurs in infancy as larly the gastric mucosa. Pa- Iron-deficiency anemia is the most common cause of tients with sickle-cell anemia have 80% HbS in their blood anemia worldwide. Although it occurs in both developed with a decrease or an absence of normal HbA. In de- Whatever the cause of anemia, the pathophysiological veloped countries, the cause is usually due to pregnancy effect is the same—hypoxemia. Symptoms include pallor or chronic blood loss due to gastrointestinal ulcers or neo- of the lips and skin, weakness, fatigue, lethargy, dizziness, plasms. If the anemia is severe, myocardial hypoxia account for most cases of iron-deficiency anemia. Only a small amount of venous admix- totally obstructed by a foreign object (such as a peanut) or ture is required to lower systemic arterial PO2, due to the by tumors. Patients with hypoxemia stemming from a shunt nature of the oxyhemoglobin equilibrium curve. This can also have a high A-aO2 gradient, low PO2, and low O2 con- be seen from Figure 21. The oxygen content of the blood leaving these ratio and a shunt is to have the patient breathe 100% O2 for alveoli is 16. If the patient’s PaO2 is 150 mm Hg, the cause because it has the greatest effect on lowering both the PO2 of hypoxemia is a shunt. The principle for using 100% O2 and the O2 content because of the nonlinear shape of the is illustrated in Figure 21. However, the low arterial PO2 does CO2 equilibrium curve is nearly linear, which allows excess not get corrected by breathing 100% O2 in a patient with CO2 to be removed from the blood by the lungs.. When a major pulmonary artery becomes occluded, a greater por- Generalized Hypoventilation. Generalized hypoventila- tion of the cardiac output is redirected to another part of tion, the third most common cause of hypoxemia, occurs the lungs, resulting in overperfusion with respect to alveo-. This causes a regionally low VA/Qratio, and leads to an increase in venous admixture. The next most common cause of hypoxemia is a 100% O100% O22 shunt, either a right-to-left anatomic shunt or an absolute VA 1 VA 10 VA 10 = = = Q 10 Q 10 Q 1 20 20 16 16 12 12 8 8 4 4 0 200 400 600 0 20 60 100 140 PO2 (mm Hg) PO2 (mm Hg) FIGURE 21. PO2 in systemic arterial blood in a patient with a librium curve, a high A/ ratio has little effect on arterial O2 con- shunt does not increase above 150 mm Hg during the 15-minute tent. The shunted blood is not exposed to 100% O2, and the tio can dramatically lower PO2 in blood leaving the lungs. CHAPTER 21 Gas Transfer and Transport 361 arise from a chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (such Diffusion Block. The least common cause of hypoxemia as emphysema) or depressed respiration (as a result of a is a diffusion block. This condition occurs when the diffu- head injury or a drug overdose, for example).
The higher the decibel level re- ther testing to determine whether hearing quired for either threshold buy pamelor 25 mg lowest price anxiety questionnaire for adults, the greater the loss is sensorineural, conductive, or mixed. A speech reception threshold Tests used for this purpose include bone or average pure-tone threshold of 25 deci- conduction tests. The procedure for bone bels (dBHL) (HL = hearing level), for in- conduction audiometry consists of placing stance, is considered borderline normal a vibrator on the individual’s mastoid hearing for adults. A tones from the vibrator go directly into threshold of 26 to 40 decibels is considered the inner ear, bypassing the external and a mild hearing loss. The individual’s In addition to measuring how loud responses to the thresholds are plotted on speech has to be to be heard, testing also the audiogram and contrasted with the air determines how well individuals under- conduction test results. Speech discrimination tests (sometimes thresholds for air and bone conduction are called word recognition tests) help to pro- compared. During the test, between the two thresholds, hearing loss words from standardized lists of phon- is classified as sensorineural, conductive, or etically balanced one-syllable words are mixed. Words are Speech Audiometry presented at a suprathreshold level, and the individual must identify and repeat Whereas pure-tone audiometry is used to words back to the examiner. The test is determine individuals’ ability to hear scored as the percentage of correctly specific tones, speech audiometry may indi- repeated words. The lower the percentage, cate individuals’ ability to understand the greater the problem in understanding. Two meas- Individuals with speech discrimination ures are speech reception threshold and hearing loss may be able to recognize speech discrimination threshold. The individuals wear headphones and listen to speech discrimination score provides a words being transmitted through the measure of the ability to understand words headphones without any visual cues. It assesses the Diagnostic Procedures 155 ability to judge acoustic information and Acoustic immittance testing requires no to distinguish between similar speech voluntary responses from the individual. Acoustic immittance measurement in- Electrocochleography cludes a battery of tests that evaluate mid- dle ear status. Tympanometry is a test of Electrocochleography is a procedure in acoustic immittance in which the mobility which stimulus-related electrical activity or flexibility of the tympanic membrane generated in the cochlea and auditory is assessed by measuring how much sound nerve is recorded. For the test, the individ- energy is admitted into the ear as air pres- ual reclines with electrodes placed in the sure is varied in the external auditory external auditory canal. The by altering the air pressure in the ear canal test is useful in evaluating inner ear fluid and measuring the response of the ear- disorders such as Meniere’s syndrome. Auditory Brain Stem Response As sound energy strikes the eardrum, some (ABR) Testing is transmitted to the middle and inner ear, but some is reflected back into the ear The ABR records electrical activity gen- canal. If the tympanic membrane is stiff, erated as sound travels from the auditory much of the sound energy is reflected back nerve through the auditory brain stem into the external ear canal. The individual reclines with pedance, the more sound energy is admit- electrodes placed on the mastoid or on the ted to the middle and inner ear. A stimulus is then presented increased level of resistance is diagnostic through earphones, and electroencephalo- of middle ear pathology. The results are gram activity is evaluated and the audito- plotted on a graph called a tympanogram. The ABR The ear’s response is plotted on the verti- is useful in ruling out auditory diseases cal dimension of the graph, and air pres- such as diseases of the cochlea; degener- sures are plotted on the horizontal ative or demyelinating diseases of the dimension. Acoustic immittance testing auditory system, such as multiple sclero- may also be used to measure the acoustic sis; or tumors of the auditory system. It should occur in both ears in response to a loud Otoacoustic emissions are measured sound, even if only one ear is stimulated. Otoacoustic emis- diagnosing conditions or problems that sions testing allows one to measure hear- involve the cochlea or auditory nervous ing in infants, young children, and difficult- system. The technology ed structures) provides medical evaluation has enhanced the ability to detect hearing and treatment of hearing loss. The audiologist reviews hearing test results and consults with indi- Individuals who experience vertigo viduals about their listening needs before (dizziness) or who have problems with recommending which style or type of balance are frequently tested for inner ear hearing aid would be most beneficial. These tests are per- speech production difficulties because of formed either by an audiologist or physi- lack of auditory feedback.
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