Polycythaemia - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Complete blood count (CBC) RBC Haemoglobin Haematocrit WBC Platelets Decreased Levels (CBC) Anaemia Bone Marrow Suppression Chronic infection Haemorrhage renal disease Vitamin b6. B12, or folic acid deficiency Increased Levels (CBC) Major Burns cardiovascular disease Chronic Lung Disease Congenital heart defect Polycythaemia vera Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Creatine Potassium Sodium Calcium Chloride Glucose comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) ...

When caring for a child with congenital heart disease and polycythaemia, which nursing action has the highest priority? - Maintaining adequate hydration The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for the mother of a child who has been diagnosed with celiac disease. Choosing which lunch will be within the therapeutic management of a child with celiac disease? - Baked chicken, coleslaw, soda, and frozen fruit dessert A 7-month-old male infant diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy is seen by the ...

Complete blood count (CBC) RBC Haemoglobin Haematocrit WBC Platelets Decreased Levels (CBC) Anaemia Bone Marrow Suppression Chronic infection Haemorrhage renal disease Vitamin b6. B12, or folic acid deficiency Increased Levels (CBC) Major Burns cardiovascular disease Chronic Lung Disease Congenital heart defect Polycythaemia vera Basic Metabolic Panel (BMP) Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) Creatine Potassium Sodium Calcium Chloride Glucose comprehensive metabolic panel (CMP) ...

1. A nurse is assessing newborn following forceps assisted birth. Which of the following clinical? manifestations should the nurse identify as a complication of the birth method? A. Hypoglycaemia B. Polycythaemia C. Facial Palsy D. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia C Which of the following statements by client indicates an understanding of the teaching? A. "The medication could cause me to experience heart palpitations" B. "This medication could cause me to experience blurred vision" C. ...

1. An 82-year-old woman with a 3-year history of a vascular dementia was admitted with a 2-week history of worsening confusion. Over this 2-week period she had been wandering the streets at night looking for the children she believed lived in her house. She had also telephoned the police several times reporting the children to be lost and had punched her son when confronted about her changed behaviour. She was being treated with bendroflumethiazide 2.5mg daily for hypertension, asp...

When caring for a child with congenital heart disease and polycythaemia, which nursing action has the highest priority? - Maintaining adequate hydration The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for the mother of a child who has been diagnosed with celiac disease. Choosing which lunch will be within the therapeutic management of a child with celiac disease? - Baked chicken, coleslaw, soda, and frozen fruit dessert A 7-month-old male infant diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy is seen by the nurs...

What is Anagrelide? - answer-It is used to control platelets in essential thrombocythemia. What is Asparaginase? - answer-it is used in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. When do you do Venesection in Polycythemia vera? - answer-should aim to get the haematocrit below 0.45 How long should anticoagulation be continued in pregnancy? What leg is frequently affected in DVT? - answer-Anticoagulation should continue until at least 6 weeks post partum in this patient. Left leg. ...

Conditions covered: 1. AML 2. ALL 3. Myelodysplasia 4. Von Willebrand Disease 5. Haemophilia 6. Sickle cell 7. B thalassaemia major 8. Vit K deficiency 9. DIC 10. TTP 11. Hodgkin's lymphoma 12. Tumour lysis 13. CML 14. Polycythaemia 15. Myelofibrosis

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● We will focus on the general characteristics of anaemia and then I will go into detail on microcytic anaemia. ● Although anaemia is a primary pathological condition of the red blood cells there is a surprising lack of consensus on how it should be defined and the values that you find will actually vary from textbook to textbook. ● Globally if we have a look at the epidemiology anaemia affects 1.62 billion people (1/4 of the worlds population). ● It is caused by either a decrease i...