1. Blood Disorder Case Study
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Blood Disorder Case Study

2. Instructions
For this assessment, you will read and analyze a case study on a patient with a blood disorder.
There may be some medical terms or procedures in the case study that you do not know or understand.
Please use reliable internet resources to do whatever research is necessary to define terms and get additional information on diseases and symptoms mentioned in the case study.
However, make sure your answers are in your own words and are supported by specific evidence from the text.
Please review the grading checklists prior to submitting your assessment.

3. General Guidelines
The point totals will vary depending on the question
Points range from 2-5 points per question
For full credit, you want to answer the entire question(s)
If a question is worth 2 points, it can most likely be answered in 2 sentences
If a question is worth 4 points, you want to include 4 detailed sentences to receive maximum credit
This pattern will be consistent throughout the assignment
There is a good chance you and Nikoleta will cross paths again at some point in Module 4, so please be comfortable with your answers and depth of knowledge associated with this assignment

4. 1. What does it mean that Nikoleta is in the 10th percentile for both length and weight? Is that a desirable statistic if she was in the 50th percentile at birth? (4 points)

5. 2. What are the symptoms of anemia? (4 points)

6. 3. Why did the parents change Nikoleta’s formula to a high-iron baby formula? (2 points)

7. 4. What components should be in a normal blood sample
4. What components should be in a normal blood sample? What is the function of each of these components? (Refer to page one of the lesson.) (5 points)

8. 5. Are the lab results of the blood sample normal
5. Are the lab results of the blood sample normal? Which values are normal and which are not? (Refer to the chart of Nikoleta’s results.) (4 points)

9. 6. Why was an analysis of Mr. and Mrs. Stamos’s blood ordered
6. Why was an analysis of Mr. and Mrs. Stamos’s blood ordered? (4 points)

10. 7. Would a picture of Mr. Stamos’s red blood cells look like Nikoleta’s red blood cells? Why? (2 points)

11. 8. What is erythroblastic anemia? (4 points)

12. 9. What are the general features of Cooley’s anemia? (5 points)

13. 10. What is the structure of hemoglobin and how is oxygen bound to it
10. What is the structure of hemoglobin and how is oxygen bound to it? (2 points)

14. 11. If you were the genetic counselor, what would you suggest to Mr
11. If you were the genetic counselor, what would you suggest to Mr. and Mrs. Stamos concerning having more children? Why? (4 points)