LESSON 22 part 1

Question 1

It is the distorted and uncontrolled proliferation of WBCs

Answer 1

Leukemia

Question 2

Most frequently occuring type of cancer in children

Answer 2

Leukemia

Question 3

It involves lymphoblasts or immature WBCs

Answer 3

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

Question 4

It involves ‘administration via central venous catheter or port’ to prevent irritation of vessel walls

Answer 4

Chemothrrapy

Question 5

A complication of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia wherein there is blindness, hydrocephalus, recurrent seizures, nuchal rigidity

Answer 5

CNS involvement

Question 6

A complication of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia wherein from invasion of leukemia cells; kidneys enlarge and function impaired

Answer 6

Renal involvement

Question 7

A complication of Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia wherein leukemic cells in the testes will not be destroyed by chemotherapy

Answer 7

Testicular invasion

Question 8

The ‘over proliferation of granulocytes (neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils)

Answer 8

Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Question 9

‘Malignant cancer of the kidney’; usually unilateral; encapsulated at the time of diagnosis

Answer 9

Wilm’s Tumor / Nephroblastoma

Question 10

Most frequent abdominal tumor and most common type of renal cancer

Answer 10

Wilm’s tumor / Nephroblastoma

Question 11

It occurs when children ‘fail to respond to medications’ during an attack

Answer 11

Status Asthmaticus

Question 12

It is an extreme emergency because a child may die of heart failure due to a combination of exhaustion, atelectasis, and acidosis from bronchial plugging

Answer 12

Status Asthmaticus

Question 13

It occurs more in females as an ascending infection from the perineum because the urethra is shorter than girls

Answer 13

UTI

Question 14

UTI is usually caused by _______

Answer 14

E. Coli