Hematology/ Oncology
Common childhood cancer
ALL and AML
Way to administer iron supplement to iron deficiency patient
What is give iron twice daily with orange juice?
A acquired hemorrhagic disorder with absence of severe signs of bleeding
What is ITP (immune thrombocytopenia)?
Primary site for neuroblastoma
What is in the abdomen?
Percentage of kids who survive standard risk ALL
What is 90%? (or even higher!)
The main causes of anemia
What are inadequate production of RBCs, increased destruction of RBCs and excessive loss of RBCs?
Discharge teaching to a sickle cell crisis patient
What is adequate hydration?
Isolation precautions for child with AIDS
What are standard isolation?
An ALL patient platelet count is 20,000 what information is taught
What is a soft toothbrush for mouth care?
Clinical symptoms for SCID (severe immunodeficiency) patient
What is susceptibility to infection?
The hemoglobin level falls sufficiently to produce clinical symptoms of anemia.
What is tissue hypoxia?
A child with inadequate supply of iron and prevalent mineral disturbance
What is Iron deficiency anemia?
Name three treatments for hemarthrosis
What is rest, ice and elevation?
This intranasal agent may raise the level of an important clotting protein for some patients with this disorder
What is DDAVP? What is Type I von Willebrand's disease?
Two of the many organizations that help children with cancer
What are Make-a-Wish, St. Baldrick's, Friends of Karen, etc.?
The normal full term newborn has maternal stores of iron sufficient last how long.
What is the first 5 to 6 months of life?
Problems associated with sickle cell disease
What is polycythemia, aplastic crisis and vaso-occlusive crisis?
Name three symptoms for DIC
What is petechiae, bleeding from venipuncture site and purpura?
Hemarthrosis in a young boy is likely associated with a deficiency of one of these two factors
What are Factor VIII and IX?
Treatment of Wilms tumor
What is surgery and chemotherapy?
(removal of the tumor and kidney)
Things to include in a anemia care plan
What is laboratory tests, complication of therapy, decrease tissue oxygen needs and safety precautions implemented?
Name two types of aplastic anemia
What is primary and secondary?
Name four signs and symptoms of hemarthrosis
What is warmth, redness, swelling and severe pain?
Name four activities a hemophilia patient can do
What is swimming, golf, hiking and fishing?
Manifestation for patient with leukemia
What is leg pain, fever, bruising and enlarged lymph nodes?