Name that Anemia
A type of anemia caused by a deficiency of intrinsic factor
What is pernicious anemia?
This drug class is one of two most common causes of medication-related angioedema
What are ACE inhibitors?
What are NSAIDs?
A type of environmental exposure is known to trigger SLE activity
What is UV light?
What is sunlight?
A blood cancer definitively diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy
What is leukemia?
An emergency in which an immunocompromised client demonstrates a temperature greater than 100.4 degrees F
What is a neutropenic fever?
This anemia is treated with ferrous sulfate
What is iron deficiency anemia?
Administering this immediately reduces the morbidity and mortality clients with allergic reactions
What is epinephrine?
What is a butterfly rash?
A cancer of lymphoid cells characterized by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells
What is Hodgkins lymphoma?
A complication of cancer resulting in widespread clotting and severe bleeding
A type of anemia caused by rapid blood loss
What is hemorrhagic anemia?
Medical staff should always be prepared for this intervention when a client has a suspected allergic reaction
What is intubation?
What is a tracheostomy?
What is erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)?
What is anti-nuclear antibody test (ANA)?
What are auto-antibody tests?
The use of beams of intense energy to destroy cancer cells in a specified treatment field
What is radiation therapy?
An oncological emergency in which a client will experience back pain, extremity paresthesias, weakness, and urinary retention
What is spinal cord compression?
Clients with this condition have genetic mutation that causes red blood cells to be crescent shaped instead of round
What is sickle cell anemia?
For hypersensitivity reactions that do not involve the airway, this drug class is given to minimize the effects of the offending allergen
What are antihistamines?
What are corticosteroids?
Medication classes prescribed to treat SLE
What are antimalarial drugs?
What are immune modulators?
What are monoclonal antibodies?
What are corticosteroids?
A device implanted into a client's upper chest used to easily draw blood and administer treatments such as fluids, blood, and chemo in clients with cancer
What is a port-a-cath?
An oncologic emergency where organisms enter the bloodstream and cause a severe infection
What is sepsis?
Caused when the bone marrow is damaged from radiation, chemo, or toxins and stops producing new RBCs
What is aplastic anemia?
What is food?
What are insects?
Blood protein whose function is to recognize and respond to foreign antigens in the body
What is an antibody?
A complication of chemotherapy in which a vesicant drug leaks into surrounding tissues
What is extravasation?
What is infiltration?
An oncologic emergency that causes congestion of blood into the face, neck, upper arms, and chest, creating a life-threatening compromise to the airway
What is superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome?