Blood Modifying Agents and Immunosuppressants Flashcards
What is the major side effect of giving iron injections into muscle?
muscle staining
Erythropoietin is used for the treatment of what disease?
chronic renal failure to help produce RBC
What is oxyglobin?
blood substitute labeled for the use of anemia
EDTA stops clotting by _________________.
chelation of calcium
EDTA is the anticoagulant of choice for ________________________.
hematology tests
Aspirin inhibits _______________________.
platelet aggregation
Vitamin K is used to treat __________________.
rodenticide toxicity
What kind of drugs are Streptokinase and Urokinase?
Fibrinolytic (Thrombolytic) Drugs
What do Fibrinolytic Drugs do and what conditions are they used to treat?
used to break down thrombi, treats saddle thrombus in cats
Chemotherapeutic drugs have a ________ margin of safety.
low
Most common side effect of chemotherapeutic agents is __________________________.
immunosuppression
What are the other side effects of immunosuppressants?
V/D, nausea, anorexia, bone marrow suppression, skin sloughing if outside of vein
Doxorubicin and Adriamycin have what major toxicity to a major organ?
Cardiotoxicity
Which chemotherapeutic agent is specifically contraindicated in cats and what is the pneumonic to remember that contraindication?
Cisplatin - Cisplatin splats cats!!!!
Which sole chemotherapeutic agent is specifically used for transitional cell carcinoma?
Piroxicam
