Block 34 Week 7 Flashcards
Neutropenic sepis?
- occurs 7-14 days after chemotherapy
- antibiotics must be started immediately, do not wait for the WBC
- start piperacillin with tazobactam (Tazocin)immediately
Ix for NS?
Bedside
- blood sugar
- pregnancy test
Bloods
- VBG / ABG
- FBC
- CRP
- U&Es
- LFTs
- Bone profile
- Clotting
- Fungal assays(e.g. beta-d-glucan galactomannan)
- Blood borne virus screen
Cultures for NS?
- blood cultures
- sputum
- urine
- C diff toxin
imaging for nS?
- Chest X-ray
- Lumbar puncture(meningitis, encephalitis)
- ECHO(infective endocarditis)
What is purpura?
- describes bleeding into the skin from small blood vessels that produces a non-blanching rash
- caused by bone marrow failure, certain drugs like antiepileptics, antithrombins, nutritional def like B12, C and folate
Ix for purpura?
- FBC - platelet count and evaluate for thrombocytopenia
- peripheral blood smear
- PT, aPTT, fibrinogen levels
- platelet function assays
- urinalaysis - haematuria, proteinuria
Myelosuppresion Ix?
- FBC
- peripheral blood smear
- bone marrow biopsy/ aspiration
- iron studies
Outline the long-term effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy?
- cardiotoxicity (leading to heart failure or arrhythmias),
- pulmonary toxicity (resulting in lung fibrosis or pneumonitis),
- nephrotoxicity
- hepatotoxicity
- peripheral neuropathy.
secondary ? can occur after chemo
- Secondary malignancies - leukemia, solid tumouts
- can occur years after completion of chemo treatment
infertility & chemo?
Long-term effects may include infertility, premature ovarian failure (menopause), and decreased sperm count or quality.
bone side effects of chemo?
- osteopenia/ osteoporosis
hormonal side effects of chemo?
- hypothyroidism
- adrenal insufficnecy
CV side effects of chemo?
- Certain chemotherapy drugs, particularly anthracyclines and targeted therapies, can increase the risk of cardiovascular complications such as cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and myocardial infarction
acute myeloblastic leukemia is a ?
- 80% adult leukemias
- incidence increases w age
predisposing factors for AML?
- radiation
- benzene
- previous chemo
- inherited bone marrow failure conditions
- downs
CF of AML?
- bone marrow failure
- extramedullary - e.g. gingivitis
- hyperleukostasis
Peripheral blood film in AML?
- myeloblasts - malignant myeloid cells
- large nucleus
- granules in the cytoplasm - can be in rods
- fibrinogenolysis in acute promyelotic leukemia
Prognosis of AML?
- cytogenetics
- worse when:
- complex karyotypes
- abn chromsome 3, 5, 7
Acute promyelocytic leukemia?
- associated w 15:17 PML: RAR
- good prognosis - 70% 5 yr survival
- coagulopathy can be fatal
what is acute promyelocytic leukemia sensitive to?
- sensitive to ATRA and arsenic trioxide
- doesn’t need chemo
Tx of non-APL AML
- remission induction using anthracycline
- allogenic stem cell transplant for high risk patients - adverse cytogenetics, relapsed patients
prognosis for AML?
- good risk genetics 65-70% 5 yr survival
- poor risk genetics 20-30% survival
- elderly >65 yrs 10%
- best survival under 40
Acute LL age group?
- 12% of all adult leukemias
- 60% under 20
- peaks in the 2-5 yr age group and >50 yrs
ALL can be associated w?
Downs