TASK #5

Question 1

What investigations are necessary to exclude secondary polycythaemia?

Question 2

What is the management plan in a patient with secondary polycythaemia

presenting with transient ischaemic attacks (TIA)?

Question 3

Why do patients with polycythaemia vera have a tendency to bleed, even

though 50% of them have an elevated platelet count?

Question 4

In hyposplenic patients, what precautions are necessary for patients who

intend to travel to Saudi Arabia for the Haj?

Question 5

What is the mechanism of development of splenomegaly in chronic

leukaemia?

Question 6

In idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), thrombocytes are mainly

destroyed in the spleen owing to an immune mechanism. Why, therefore,

is there no splenic enlargement as there is with other diseases?

Question 7

Where exactly is the Traub's space? How exact is the percussion of the

Traub's space as a sign indicating the size of the spleen?

Question 8

Can you please tell me the indications and complications of blood

transfusion.

Question 9

Several times I have read the phrase 'white blood cells elevated with a

left shift'. I am wondering what 'left shift' or 'left deviation' stands for

Question 10

What is the clear definition of 'bleeding time' and 'clotting time'? And

what are the applied differences between them?