Cancer and Pain
A surgery used to improve quality of life and alleviate symptoms
What is Palliative Surgery?
Outer eye infections can be treated by topical application of corticosteroid eye drops, because the agents do not cause systemic toxicity. However, long-term application can cause an increase in intraocular pressure, which leads to ____________
What is Glaucoma?
ototoxic medications may cause this symptom
What is tinnitus?
Spironolactone is an example of this type of medication
What is a potassium-sparing diuretic?
The definition of a low WBC Count
What is Neutropenia?
A surgery used to treat cancer before a diagnosis due to a genetic predisposition.
What is a prophylactic surgery?
the leading cause of irreversible blindness and visual impairment in the world
What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)?
Alcohol and tobacco use along with diet are considered ____________ that can lead to cancer
What are modifiable risk factors?
A patient experiencing pulmonary edema due to left-sided heart failure may be given this loop diuretic
What is Furosemide?
A low cell count leading to a risk of bleeding is called
What is thrombocytopenia?
A side effect of radiation and some types of Chemo leading to an inflammatory process of the mouth, including the mucosa and tissues surrounding the teeth
What is Stomatitis?
Painless, blurry vision, with a cloudy or milky lens
What are cataracts?
This type of therapy _____ is used to treat may relieve symptoms by lowering the pressure in the endolymphatic system seen in Menières Disease.
What is Diuretic Therapy? (such as hydrochlorothiazide, triamterene, spironolactone)
This electrolyte has a range of 3.5-5 mEq/L, lives predominantly intracellularly, and if out of range can lead to dysrhythmias.
What is Potassium?
A Low RBC count is called ______ and includes manifestations of fatigue, weakness, pallor, SOB, and tachycardia
What is Anemia?
A private room for an absolute WBC count <1000/mm3. Avoiding contact with people who have known or recent infection or recent vaccination. Careful hand hygiene before and after entering the room. All the above interventions are due to a patient's risk for ________ with Ca. Tx.
What is an infection?
This disorder has manifestations that include episodic vertigo, tinnitus, and fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss
What is Ménière’s disease?
This class of medication is used to t. glaucoma by decreasing aqueous humor production, but can have systemic effects, including bradycardia, exacerbation of pulmonary disease, and hypotension
What are beta blockers? (ex. timolol pg. 1913 table 58-1)
This electrolyte has a range of 8.5-10.5mg/dL if low a patient may experience numbness, tingling of fingers, toes, and the circumoral region; positive Trousseau sign and Chvostek sign; seizures, carpopedal spasms, and hyperactive deep tendon reflexes
What is Calcium?
↑ hemoglobin and hematocrit, ↑ serum and urine osmolality and specific gravity, ↓ urine sodium, ↑ BUN and creatinine, ↑ urine specific gravity and osmolality are indicative of ________
What is hypovolemia or dehydration?
Handling this drug class ________ is associated with caregivers having skin and eye irritation, nausea, vomiting, nasal mucosal ulcerations, infertility, low-birth-weight babies, congenital anomalies, spontaneous abortions, and mutagenic substances in urine
What is chemotherapy?
an involuntary rhythmic movement of the eyes
What is Nystagmus?
This medication is a antihistamine and antivertigo agent that has side effects of drowsiness, dry mouth, blurred vision, and fatigu
What is Meclizine? (used in treatment of vertigo and Ménière's disease)
Acute weight gain, peripheral edema and ascites, distended jugular veins, crackles, elevated CVP, shortness of breath, ↑ BP, bounding pulse and cough, ↑ respiratory rate, ↑ urine output, ↓ hemoglobin and hematocrit, ↓ serum and urine osmolality, ↓ urine sodium and specific gravity are all indicative of _______
What is Hypervolemia?
Strict I & O along with a Sodium and fluid restriction should be instituted or indicated with this renal or heart failure due to the risk of __________
What is hypervolemia or fluid overload?