Hypersensitivity
Dendritic cells, B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes are types of what kind cells in the immune system?
What is white blood cells?
morning stiffness, weight loss, swan-neck deformity, boutonniere deformity are all signs and symptoms of this disease process?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
This lab count can help determine the stage of HIV and risk of opportunistic infections and help determine if ART is working.
What is the CD4+ count?
Anemia that can cause painful vaso-occlusive crises
What is sickle cell anemia?
Most common cause of lung cancer?
What is smoking?
Anyone with an immune system deficiency is a high risk for this nursing diagnosis.
What is risk of infection?
This condition can affect the fingers and hands causing pain, purple appearance of fingertips related to vasoconstriction and exposure to cold.
What is Raynaud's Phenomenon?
Knowing that HIV leads to significant weight loss, what would be diet recommendations?
What is high calorie, high protein diet?
Dehydration, hypoxia, infection, cold temps, stress, high altitudes
What are triggers for Sickle Cell Crisis?
If a patient has a bronchoscope for bronchial washings to determine a diagnosis of lung cancer, the immediate high risk post op complication risk may be?
What is potential for bleeding?
Lupus and Rheumatoid arthritis is a type I hypersensitivity?
What is false?
They are type III hypersensitivity.
Class of medications is often used to slow RA progression
What is DMARDS?
Elisa and Western Blot
What are the common lab test to test for HIV?
This organ is commonly enlarged in sickle cell anemia due to hemolysis
What is the spleen?
The life threatening crisis regarding the spleen is known as spleenic sequestration. Can lead to a rigid, firm, hard abdomen in the crisis. In addition to these ssx the client may appearance paleness, tachycardia, tachypnea and hypotension.
Arm edema on one side following mastectomy.
What is lymphedema?
The purpose of DMARDS used in RA and Lupus is to?
What is slow the disease progression?
Suppresses viral load and preserves immune function
What is the purpose of antiretroviral therapy?
suppresses viral load and keep it low and keeps CD4 T counts up to preserve immune function
This is a group of interventions or precautions that you would take with a client that has low platelet counts.
What are bleeding precautions?
Avoid BP/IVs/venipuncture in affected arm, elevate, compression
What are ways to avoid lymphedema after mastectomy?
Chronic autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the synovial lining of the joints.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), candidiasis, Kaposi sarcoma, CMV infection, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis
What are common opportunistic infections seen in clients with HIV/AIDS?
What would be a priority nursing diagnosis for clients that have anemia secondary to any condition.
What is impaired tissue perfusion?
This stage of breast cancer has a tumor of any size with direct extension to chest wall and distant parts of the body.
What is stage IV breast cancer?
Stage I breast tissue only
Stage II size increase with spead to nearby lymph nodes. no distant mets
Stage III increase in size, spread to chest wall, no muscle or no distant mets.