Hematologic System

Question 1

ferrous sulfate

Answer 1

Classification: Antianemics

Therapeutic use: Treats iron-deficienct anemia and prevents iron-deficient anemia in clients at risk.

Question 2

cyanocobalamin

Answer 2

Classification: Antianemics, vitamins

Therapeutic use: Treats pernicious anemia and vitamin B12 deficiency.

Question 3

folic acid

Answer 3

Classification: Antianemics, vitamins

Therapeutic use: Treats megaloblastic anemia, folate deficiency, and prevents neural tube defects in developing fetuses.

Question 4

antihemophilic factor

Answer 4

Classification: Antihemophilic factor

Therapeutic use: Prevents bleeding, stops active bleeding episodes, and is administered preoperatively to manage bleeding that can occur in surgery.

Question 5

desmopressin

Answer 5

Classification: Antidiuretic hormones

Therapeutic use: Treats mild hemophilia A and controls trauma-induced bleeding and maintains hemostasis during surgery

Question 6

heparin

Answer 6

Classification: Antithrombotics

Therapeutic use: Used for anticoagulation for evolving cerebrovascular accident, pulmonary embolism, and massive deep-venous thrombosis. Used as adjunct therapy during angioplasty, open-heart surgery, hemodialysis, blood transfusion. Treats prophylaxis for postoperative venous thrombosis and pulmonary emboli, acute myocardial infarction, ischemic complications of unstable angina and some dysrhythmias, and disseminated intravascular

Question 7

warfarin

Answer 7

Classification: Anticoagulants

Therapeutic use: Prevents thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, during atrial fibrillation; thromboembolism in clients who have prosthetic heart valves; and recurrent myocardial infarction and transient ischemic attacks.

Question 8

dabigatran

Answer 8

Classification: Anticoagulants

Therapeutic use: Treats cerebral vascular accident prevention related to atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism.

Question 9

aspirin

Answer 9

Classification: Salicylates

Therapeutic use: Used as analgesia for mild to moderate pain and for inflammation suppression, fever reduction, dysmenorrhea, and inhibition of platelet aggregation.

Question 10

clopidogrel

Answer 10

Classification: Antiplatelet Agents

Therapeutic use: Used for the inhibition of platelet aggregation for risk reduction related to myocardial infarction, ischemic cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attacks, and coronary stents.

Question 11

alteplase

Answer 11

Classification: Thrombolytics

Therapeutic use: Treats acute myocardial infarction, DVT, massive pulmonary emboli, ischemic cerebrovascular accidents, and reestablishes the patency of occluded central IV catheters.

Question 12

filgrastim

Answer 12

Classification: Colony-stimulating factors

Therapeutic use: Reduces infection risk with bone marrow transplantation, severe chronic neutropenia, and myelosuppressive chemotherapy.

Question 13

oprelvekin

Answer 13

Classification: Thrombopoietic growth factor

Therapeutic use: Treats thrombocytopenia from myelosuppressive chemotherapy for nonmyeloid cancers.