NUR 211 Leukemia
- Leukemia is a group of chronic malignant disorders of and WBC precursors
Answer WBC
- In leukemia, the usual ratio of RBCs to WBCs is
Answer reversed
- Leukemias are characterized by replacement of bone marrow by malignant immature
WBCs, abnormal immature circulating WBCs and infiltration of these cells into the (3)
Answer liver, spleen, and lymph nodes
- Acute leukemias are characterized by an acute onset, rapid disease progression and or
undifferentiated blast cells
Answer immature
- Chronic leukemias have a onset, prolonged course, and abnormal
mature- appearing cells
Answer gradual
- Lymphocytic leukemias infiltrate
Answer the spleen, lymph nodes, central nervous system and other tissues
- Myeloid leakemias involve myeloid stem cells in
,interfering with the maturation of all types of blood cells
Answer bone marrow 1 / 2
- What is the most common type of leukemia in children?
Answer acute lymphoblastic
- What are the two types of leukemia most common in adults?
Answer acute myeloid and chronic lymphocytic
- Acute myeloid leukemia is characterized by abnormal proliferation of myeloblasts and
Answer hyperplasia of bone marrow and spleen
- The manifestations of AML result from and
Answer neutropenia and thrombocytopenia
- Decreased neutrophils lead to
Answer recurrent severe infections, such as pneumonia, septicemia, abscesses and mucous membrane ulceration
- Manifestations of thrombocytopenia include
Answer petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, epistaxis, hematomas, hematuria, and GI bleeding
- Anemia is a late manifestation of AML causing
Answer fatigue,headaches,pallor,and dyspnea on exertion
- Bone marrow aspiration in AML shows
Answer a proliferation of immature WBCs
- Treatment for AML
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