Advocacy in Action
The hallmark sign of CRS
What is fever
One benefit of concurrent, combined treatment modality.
What is cure, control/palliate or increase survival
Amount of our body weight that is water.
What is 60%
The lab value that provides the most accurate assessment of a patient's iron status.
What is ferritin
A reason to advocate
What is to shape the future, bring about change
Frequency of ICE assessment in the inpatient setting for patients that have received BITE therapy.
What is every 8 hours
Medication that is used to treat immunotherapy related "itis."
What is high dose steroids.
Two signs of dehydration.
What is dry mouth, cracked lips, headache, tachycardia, hypotension
The recommended frequency for a patient to take oral iron.
What is every day or every other day.
Something you can do to engage in advocacy.
What is attend Capitol Hill Days, join a professional advocacy group
The timeframe within which the clinical manifestations of I-CANS begin.
What is 3-10 days following treatment
Two symptoms of "itis"
What is: fatigue, fever/chills, dizziness, rash/pruritus, arthralgia, N/V, diarrhea
The electrolytes that are absorbed through the small intestine.
What are potassium and magnesium
The amount of the world's population, according to the Global Burden of Disease, suffers from anemial.
What is 25%
An important example of advocacy in action.
What is expanding access to care, research to advance tx options.
Two signs/symptoms of I-CANS
What is visual and auditory hallucinations, Language dysfunction, speech changes, apraxia, HA, fatigue, tremors, Dysgraphia and other fine motor impairment, Seizures, Cerebral edema with coma
Two "itis's" other than pneumonitis.
What is colitis, myocarditis, hepatitis, conjunctivitis, cystitis
Type of chemotherapy treatments that often lead to calcium, potassium, or magnesium abnormalities.
What is platinum chemotherapy
An appropriate patient to consider for an IV iron re-challenge after experiencing a reaction.
What is a patient with mild or moderate hypersensitiviy reaction with resolution of symptoms
The best way to have a meaningful conversation with your representative.
What is use personal experiences.
Two of the five main categories to assess in ICE
What is orientation, naming, following commands, writing, attention
Two treatment related side effects of concurrent treatment.
What is fatigue, dehydration, electrolyte imbalance, cardiac toxicity, decreased appetite, weight loss,
The time that it is important to calculate a corrected calcium.
What is when the albumin is low.
IV iron formulation most likely to cause hypophophatemia.
What is Ferric Carboxymaltose