BOF: Transfusion (Special Requirements)
Which of the following is not an acceptable alternative to blood transfusion for the Jehovah’s Witness undergoing elective surgery?...
BOF: General (Red Cell)
Regarding folic acid requirements, which of the following statements is true? a) Elevated serum methylmalonate and homocysteine level are...
BOF: Malignant (Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Which of the following amino acid substitutions in a protein’s primary structure has been associated with >90% of cases of Waldenstrom...
BOF: Clotting (Thrombosis)
Which ONE of the following statements regarding thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is true? a) 90% of patients present with a...
BOF: Transfusion (Haematovigilence)
A patient requires a blood transfusion for treatment of chronic blood loss of hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Their last...
BOF: General (Haemoglobinopathy)
Which ONE of the following organisms is the COMMONEST cause of bacterial septic death in infants with sickle cell disease? a) Escherichia...
BOF: Malignant (Hodgkin Lymphoma)
Which of the following conditions contributes most to the excess mortality seen in survivors of initial treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma...
BOF: Transfusion (Plasma Products)
Which ONE of the following is unlikely to be a side effect of therapeutic plasma exchange? a) Dyspnoea b) Hypotension c) Perioral...
BOF: General (The Porphyrias)
Which of the following factors has NOT been implicated in the triggering an attack of acute intermittent porphyria? a) Acute hepatitis b)...
BOF: Malignant (Myeloproliferative Disease)
A 24 year old man is being treated for FIP1L1/PDGFRalpha POSITIVE myeloproliferative hypereosinophilic syndrome with evidence of cardiac...
