Reference no: EM133720014

Question

Marissa is a 45-year old non-pregnant female who is being monitored after completing a course of methotrexate (a potent folate antagonist ("antifolate")). The drug was taken over a 5-week period, but consumption of the drug stopped about 2 months ago). 2) Celine is a 20-year old non-pregnant female experiencing chronic folate deficiency due to following a very restrictive meat-only diet. 3) Jackie is a 28-year old non-pregnant female who is being monitored after giving birth to twin babies 2 weeks ago. You have their data sets below, but unfortunately, the patient codes were not attached. Based on these data sets, deduce which describes the condition and thus identify the likely patient for that data set. (Note that in a real clinical setting you would NOT take a guess!) Data set A: HgB (g/dL) RBC# (x 1012) HCT (%) RDW (%) MCV (fL) MCH (pg) MCHC (g/dL) 9.5 3.18 31.3 12.7 98.4 29.9 30.4 Based on the above information, fill out the tables below: Answer Based on these values, is the patient anemic? (yes/no) Based on: low Hct / low HgB / both low / both normal (choose one) Describe his/her current RBC morphology and chromaticity (circle all that apply): microcytic.