1000 mcg/day for 2 weeks then 1000 mcg/day weekly of B12
What is the treatment for pernicious or cobalamin anemia?
This occurs with the same triggers, same activities, lasts only a few minutes, and is not a medical emergency.
What is chronic stable angina?
This type of peripheral arterial disease causes intermittent claudication.
What is PAD?
Decreased platelets, decreased red blood cell count, and decreased white blood cell count.
What is aplastic anemia?
Age, race, gender.
What are non-modifiable risk factors?
This supplement is provided to patients with Sickle Cell Disease to stimulate red blood cell synthesis.
What is Folic Acid?
Chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, immunotherapy, or nothing.
What are the treatments for cancer?
A nurse is admitting a patient with an Absolute Neutrophil Count < 500. What type room will the patient be placed in?
What is a private room?
Diet, weight, activity, substance use/abuse.
What are modifiable risk factors?
Cheilitis and glossitis
What is a sign and symptom of iron deficiency anemia?
This is the gold standard diagnostic for this disease process.
What is a cardiac angiography?
Genetic disorder where either clotting factors VIII or IX are missing.
What is Hemophilia?
This stage of cancer means the cancer has completely infiltrated the organ, the nearby lymph nodes, and other organs.
What is stage 4?
Ace inhibitors.
Chelated agent are a must for this type of anemia.
What is Thalassemia?
This is the procedure for placing stents.
What is angioplasty?
This connects the pulmonary artery & aorta, shunts deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle to the descending aorta, and bypasses lungs
What is the ductus arteriosis?
This staging is the initial stage of cancer, the cancer has no intention of invading the organ at this time.
Can be normal in athletic patients.
What is a sinus bradycardia?
ANC < 1000
What is neutropenia?
BNP
Philadelphia chromosome will be noted on this bone marrow smear.
What is CML?
Improves quality of life for patients.
What is palliative care?
These are the three ways heart failure can change the appearance and function of the heart.
What is remodeling, dilation, and hypertrophy?