Question 18 · LEK · Hemolytic anemia
A positive direct Coombs test in a patient diagnosed with haemolysis suggests:
1) ABO haemolytic disease of the newborn;
2) Rh D haemolytic disease of the newborn;
3) hemoglobinopathy;
4) atypical haemolytic-uremic syndrome;
5) spherocytosis.
The correct answer is:
2) Rh D haemolytic disease of the newborn;
3) hemoglobinopathy;
4) atypical haemolytic-uremic syndrome;
5) spherocytosis.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2.
- B. 3,4,5.
- C. 1,2,4.
- D. 4,5.
- E. all the above.
Hint
The direct Coombs test detects antibodies bound to red cells — which of the listed haemolytic processes are antibody-mediated?
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