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aspirin (ASA)

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antiplatelet: prevents platelet aggregation

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Epogen® (epoetin alfa)

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helps to build red blood cells

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Neupogen or Neulasta (filgrastim)

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helps to build white blood cell

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Hydrea® (hydroxyurea)

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mimics fetal hemoglobin to prevent increased number of crisis

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Desmopressin (DDAVP)

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Hemophilia A

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Allopurinol (Zyloprim)

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Hyperuricemia leukemia

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Heparin

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anticoagulant (early in DIC to prevent clot formation)

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antibodies that help fight infections

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gammaglobulins

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leukopenia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy, joint swelling, bone pain, weight loss, anorexia, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and central nervous system dysfunction

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clinical manifestations of leukemia

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Infections and ulcerations, especially of the respiratory tract, skin, vagina, and gastrointestinal tract
Signs and symptoms of infection (e.g., fever, malaise, and chills)

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neutropenia

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bone marrow transplant Isn’t recommended for patients over

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50-55

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clinical manifestation; sense of fullness in the abdomen - hepatomegaly and spelomegaly

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leukemia

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chronic lymphoid leukemia the culprits of hypogammaglobulin anemia

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strep pneumoniae , staphococcus aureus, and h influenza

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in CLL the diagnostic hallmark is

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increase in lymphocytes (WBC increase)

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chronic myeloid leukemia will be positive for

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positive for philadelphia chromosome

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enlarged spleen

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chronic myeloid leukemia

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flu like symptoms, bone pain, spleen and liver pain

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leukemias

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chronic myelogenous leukemia have 3 courses

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chronic phase- slow; not any specific symptoms; weakness and weightloss
short accelerated- characteristics by enlargement of spleen wbc are deteriorating
terminal blast cell crisis- full prognosis ; precursors are blast cells

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solid tumor composed of neoplastic lymphoid cells

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lymphomas

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breaks down the cells; filter for blood in the immune system

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spleen

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pruritis

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itching

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sign and symp of hodgkin and non hodgkins lymphoma

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splenomeagly; painless enlarged nodes; weight loss and fever

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plasma cell cancer

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multiple myeloma

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bone cancer/ bone pain

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is very hard to treat

25
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clinical manifestations of hypercalcemia

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stones
bones will break
abdominal moans- abdominal pain (constipation)
psychic groans CNS effects -weakness, confusion

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electrolyte that flips with calcium

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phosphorus

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2 signs of hypocalcemia

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chvosick and trousseau

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hypocalcemia clinical manifestation

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CATS 
convulsions
arrhythmia 
tetany
stridor/spasms
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hyperphosphaemia

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main cause is renal failure

30
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plays an important role in phosphate absorption

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vitamin D

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hemophilia A is treated with

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ddvap

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what drug is used to treat enuresis / bed wetting

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ddvap

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can cause significant bleeding with trauma and surgery

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von willebrands disease

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difference between Idiopathic Thrombocytopenia Purpura and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)

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idiopathic is hypo coagulation

thrombotic is hyper coagulation

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incomplete formation of the blood cells

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schistocytes

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schistocytes are often seen in patients with what anemia

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hemolytic anemia

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decreases O2-carrying capacity leads to

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hypoxia

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manifestations of pernicious anemia

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memory changes, positive babinski (flare out bad adult), paresthesia

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positive babinski (flare up) is normal on

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a child

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schillings test

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pernicious anemia

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manifestations are anemia, leukopenia, thrombopenia

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aplastic anemia

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hypoxia

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is cellular level

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sickle cell anemia has problems with what organ

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spleen

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triangle to treat sickle cell anemia

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dehydration, pain, o2

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jaundice happens

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with the breakdown of rbc

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Abnormally high erythrocytes

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polycythemia

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