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Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Intensive Review 3rd Edition, Leik, 2018 | Nurse Practitioner (NP) School Study Aid
Leukemia Assessment
- Cause
- Immature WBCs
- Assessment
- Recurrent Infections
- Easy Bruising
- Bleeding
- Anemia
- Fatigue
- Weight Loss
- Bone Pain
- Considerations
- May Have Normal or High WBC Count
2 mins
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL)
- Ages < 15
- May Present with Bone Marrow Involvement in Children
- Mediastinal Mass in Adolescents
- TdT Positive
- CALLA Positive
- t(12;21) Better Prognosis
- Spread to CNS and Testes
- Most Responsive to Chemotherapy
2 mins
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)
- Myeloblasts Increase on Peripheral Smear
- Median Onset 60 Years
- T 15;17 M3 Subtype
- Auer Rods
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) is a Common Presentation
- M5 Gum Infiltration
- Responds to Vitamin A
3 mins
Kawasaki Disease
- Pathophysiology
- Prevalent in Asian Children
- Necrotizing Vasculitis
- Signs and Symptoms
- Fever
- Strawberry-Red Tongue and Mucosa
- Lymphadenopathy
- Desquamative Skin Rash
- Erythema and Edema of the Hands and Feet
- Conjunctivitis
- Coronary Aneurysm
- Treatment
- Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG)
- Aspirin
2 mins
Reye's Syndrome
- Cause
- Aspirin (Salicylates) to Treat Viral Illness (In Children)
- Assessment
- Cerebral Edema
- Lethargy (Decreased LOC)
- Vomiting
- Liver Failure
- Interventions
- Monitor for Increased ICP
- Mannitol (Osmitrol)
- Considerations
- No Aspirin for Children
2 mins
