Hematology/GI CCRN

Question 1

The drug of choice in pharmacologic management of acute variceal bleeding?

Answer 1

Octreotide (somastatin)

Question 2

Why can’t vasopressin be used on all patients ?

Answer 2

because of it’s significant vaso-constrictive effects on other organs.

Question 3

Omeprazole is a ______ ____inhibitor and used for treatment and eradication of __________

Answer 3

proton pump: H.pylori

Question 4

What diagnostic test is most useful in differentiating the cause and location of bowel obstruction?

Answer 4

CT scan with oral contrast

Question 5

_______ ________ associated with a perforated gastric ulcer is caused by ____ _____ _____ spillage

Answer 5

Gastric and intestinal content spillage.

Question 6

______________is the treatment of choice for patients with types II and III vWD.
Hemophilia A and B are X-linked diseases, therefore affects boys and men more.

Answer 6

Cryoprecipitate

Question 7

Hemophilia A and B can cause prolongation of the ___________a measure of intrinsic pathway function

Answer 7

aPTT

Question 8

Patients with type I vWD are treated initially with __________

Answer 8

desmopressin

Question 9

Hemophilia A is caused by a deficiency in factor ____

Answer 9

VIII

Question 10

Hemophilia A is caused by a deficiency in factor _____

Answer 10

IX

Question 11

Hemophilia A and B are X-linked diseases, therefore affects ____________

Answer 11

boys and men more.

Question 12

_________________is the leading cause of death in patients with sickle cell disease. It is also the second most common cause for admission, ____________ in patients with sickle cell disease

Answer 12

Acute chest syndrome ; vaso-occlusive pain crisis, i

Question 13

For hypercalcemia, How patients present has more to do with the_____ of the rise of the serum calcium level than the ___________serum calcium concentration.

Answer 13

rate; Absolute.

Question 14

____________can be used to treat ____________, particularly when caused by steroid-sensitive tumors, such as lymphomas and multiple myeloma.

Answer 14

Steroids; hypercalcemia

Question 15

Many of the vague symptoms attributable to hypercalcemia of malignancy are caused by _____________and ________, and as such, ___________is the mainstay of treatment

Answer 15

hypovolemia and dehydration: Saline infusion

Question 16

____________is indicated as monotherapy for cancer patients with neutropenic fever___________is indicated only as a second antimicrobial in the treatment of febrile neutropenia.

Answer 16

Imipenem/cilastatin ; Amikacin

Question 17

HIT occurs in_________ of patients treated with heparin products. The diagnosis of HIT should only be considered in patients exposed to heparin products and in whom the platelet count has dropped at least 50%

Answer 17

0.5–5%

Question 18

The diagnosis of HIT should only be considered in patients exposed to heparin products and in whom the platelet count has dropped at least __________

Answer 18

50%

Question 19

________________mutation is the most prevalent inherited clotting disorder. It occurs in approximately __________ of American whites, with a much lower rate in other races

Answer 19

Factor V Leiden ; 5%

Question 20

___________ is the most common preventable cause of acute renal failure in children

Answer 20

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome