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| Platelet count decrease by 50% |
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| Leukemia seen in advanced age |
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| Bleeding and clotting occur simultaneously |
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| Symptoms dependent on spread of the disease |
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| Often no symptoms, lasts for years then chronic blastic phase occurs. |
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| Pupuric rash is very common manifestation. |
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| Thrombocytopenia in children. |
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| Platelet count when platelets are transfused. |
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| Slow, persistant, prolonged bleeding occurs. |
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| Manifestation of Hemophilia |
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| Totally eliminated all bone marrow with chemo and radiation therapy. |
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| Events prior to stem cell transplant. |
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| Splenomegaly and hepatomegaly shows advanced stages of this disease. |
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| Increase fluids, vertebrae blace will be nedded. |
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| Heparin is a conterversial treatment. |
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| Bone marrow failure that leads to overcrowding of normal cells. |
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| Predisposed to pancytopenia |
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| Reed Sternberg cells seen. |
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| Fever first sign with bleeding, joint and bone pain. |
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| Corticosteroids, splenectomy, and IV immunoglobulins. |
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| Leukemic meningitis often occurs. |
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| Lymphoma that originates outside the lymphnodes. |
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| Onset insidious and there is an enlarged, non tender, movable lymphnode. |
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| Leukemic cells that infiltrate the spleen and liver. |
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| Not a disease, treatment consists of treating the underlying cause. |
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| Thought to be due to occupational toxins, Epstein Barr virus. |
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| Cause of Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
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Serious infections as well as bleeding occurs.
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| Staged to determine the course of treatment. |
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| Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
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| Platelet count when spontaneous hemmoraging occurs. |
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| Often asymptomatic, found by accident during labs for surgical procedure. |
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| Why are multiple drugs used to treat Leukemia. |
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| Decrease drug resistance, minamize toxicity, interrupt cell growth at multiple points in cell cycle. |
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| Can cause renal failure due to cancerous tumor being destroyed. |
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| Treatment for Tumor lysis symdrome. |
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Definition
| 3 - 4 liters of fluid per day and Allopurinol |
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| Abnormal initiated and accerated clotting. |
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| DDAVP is administered when there is a prolonged bleeding. |
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| Philadelphia chromosome present. |
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| Platelet aggregation occurs leading to a decrease in circulating platelets and microthrombi form. |
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| Treatment for Hemophilia A and von Willibrand's disease in an emergency situation. |
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Definition
| DDAVP and/or crypercipitate |
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| Discontinue heparin and should never recieve heparin or heparin derivitives again. |
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| Leukemia commonly found in children. |
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| Due to accelerated clotting that uses up all clotting factors. |
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| Weight loss, fever, night sweats as initial manifestations. |
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| Group B symptoms of Hodgkin's Lymphoma that respond poorly to treatment. |
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| Sudden onset of bruising and petechiae usually follows a viral infection. |
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| Platelet count that leads to prolonged bleeding. |
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| Bleeding into joints, requiring rest, elevation, and gel foam. |
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Definition
| Treatment to prevent joint deformity in Hemophilia |
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| Thrombocytopenia greater than 6 months. |
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| Serious effect of ITP in children. |
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| Hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, neurologic abnormalities, fever, renal abnormalities. |
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| Treating the underlying cause, removing the causitive agent, Dextran (antithrombic), and Vincristine(immunosuppressent). |
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| Moderate risk for infection. |
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Definition
| Absolute neutrophils less than 1000. |
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| Severe risk of infection. |
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Definition
| Absolute neutrophils less than 500. |
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| Fever when to contact healthcare provider for neutropenic patients. |
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Definition
| greater or equal to 100.4 |
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| Medication to promote neutophil production. |
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| Clonal proliferation of immature hematopoetic cells. |
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| Involve more mature forms of WBCs and disease onset it more gradual. |
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