Alexandria Vardalos MF2 Hematology
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
You are on elective at a Health Clinic in downtown Hamilton with a multicultural patient population. Your supervisor asks you to see Alexandria Vardalos. Alexandria is an 8-month-old baby girl who is brought in by her parents. She was healthy at birth, but over the last 2 months, she has not been growing as fast as her sister did at the same age. She is frequently irritable and has difficulty feeding.
Curriculum Block
Hematology / Medical Foundation 2 / Part 2 / Week 1
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Describe the genetics and molecular structure of hemoglobin, its synthesis and how qualitative and quantitative abnormalities cause disease.
- Describe the destruction of hemoglobin and bilirubin metabolism especially in relation to hemolytic disorders.
- Describe the role of hemoglobin in oxygen transport.
- Explain the affinity of various hemoglobins for oxygen and other gases and how it impacts oxygen transport.
- Describe the oxygen dissociation curve and the factors that affect it.
Global Objectives
Assessments
End-Unit Tutorial Assessment
Concept Application Exercise (CAE)
Tags
Basic Sciences
Biochemistry
Genetics
Metabolism
Physiology
Cohort Year
2010
Curriculum Block
Hematology
Medical Foundation 2
Part 2
Week 1
Curriculum Week
Part 2
Week 4
Discipline
Genetics
Hematology
Pediatrics
Longitudinal Discipline
Black or African American
Genetics
Priority Groups
MCC Presentations
Abdominal Pain (Children)
Anemia
Chest Pain
Crying/Fussing Child
Cyanosis, Hypoxia
Failure To Thrive (Infant, Child)
Genetic Concerns
Jaundice
Pediatric Respiratory Distress
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
MeSH
Blood Physiological Phenomena [G09.188]
Anemia, Sickle Cell [C15.378.420.155]
Black or African American [M01.686.477.625.594.594]
Blood Cell Count [E01.370.225.625.107]
Blood Cells [A11.118]
Blood-Air Barrier [A04.411.715.025]
Chest Pain [C23.888.646.215]
Erythrocytes [A11.118.290]
Genetic Diseases, Inborn [C16.320]
Hematologic Diseases [C15.378]
Hematologic Tests [E01.370.225.625]
Hemoglobins [D12.776.124.400]
Hypoxia [C23.888.852.079]
Jaundice [C23.888.885.375]
Pediatrics [H02.403.670]
Respiratory Sounds [G09.772.775]
Tachycardia [C23.550.073.845]
Thalassemia [C15.378.071.141.150.875]
