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Facilitates regulation of all other body systems-directly or indirectly via blood & lymph circulating thru every tissue & organ….
Supplies & transports O2 and nutrients & hormones to body cells
Immunologic role |
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Hematological Assessment
Skin |
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| possible pallor, jaundice, poor turgor |
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Hematological Assessment
general
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Petechiae: (red or purple pinpoint hemorrhages) ecchymosis (bruising)
¡Bleeding
¡Swollen or tender lymph nodes
¡Infections, fever, weight loss
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Diagnostic Hematologic Studies
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¡CBC
¡Coombs test – evaluate presence of antibodies associated with RBC’s
¡Prothrombin time (PT) & partial prothrombin time (PTT)
¡INR
¡Serum ferritin – iron stores
¡Bone marrow – assess production of RBC
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Hemophilia is a X-linked ______ trate
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Hemophilia
Classic Type A- is deficient in what factor |
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Hemophilia
Classic Type A affects what % of casses
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Hemophilia type A is mor previlent in girls.
True of fales
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Fales: it affects 1 in 5000 males
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Hemophilia
Type B (Christmas Disease) is a deficiency
in what factor? |
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Hemophilia
Type B (Christmas Disease) acounts for what percent of casses? |
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Hemophilia- What is the # 1 goal of Treatment?
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Hemophilia Problems withTreatment
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¡Factor VIII & IX used - expensive
¡Risk of transfusion reaction & AIDS
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Hemophilia
Nursing Assessment |
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Hematuria or flank pain (bleeding)
Intracranial bleeding – neurological checks
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¡What about Jehovah Witness hemophiliacs?
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| They die bitches, they die |
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¡Sickle shaped RBC’s causes
Clumping of sickled cells in small vessels
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Sickle Cell Anemia is most commin in what group of people?
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| 1 in 375 African-Americans, 1/12 carry trait |
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Sickle Cell Anemia at what ages dose symtomes start?
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| Sickle cell crisis: triggers |
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| Sickle cell crisis may cause: |
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| Extreme pain, ↓O2 carrying capacity |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia
two types
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¡Microcytic & hypochromic
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What is the most common anemia in children
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why are adolescents at risk for Iron Deficiency Anemia
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Rapidly growing
High fat, low vitamin diet |
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what other group is at high rish for
Iron Deficiency Anemia
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¡Infants who are exclusively breast fed or receive only unfortified formula or milk
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Iron Deficiency Anemia
S/S: |
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| Pallor, fatigue, irritability, pica |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia
Treatment |
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| ↓ number of RBC’s, but normal size |
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May occur as a result of hemorrhage, DIC
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failure of the bone marrow to produce adequate number of blood cells
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Definition
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
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¡Autoimmune condition
l↑ destruction of platelets despite normal production in bone marrow
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What is the most common bleeding disorder
in children 2-10 years |
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
Occurs 1-3 weeks after what? |
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¡a viral infection (chicken pox, measles or rubella)
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
S/S
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Excessive bleeding, petechiae, hematuria or tarry stools
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
is diagnosted by?
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Definition
¡Bone marrow aspiration, blood studies
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
treatment
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¡Steroids to ↓ inflammation
Immunoglobins to ↓ autoimmunity |
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
Education
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Definition
¡bleeding prevention
Teaching – always start by finding out what person you are teaching already knows about condition!!
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