NURS 443 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Syndrome, Fever, Tobacco Smoking
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Increase with age after 50, greater in men. Fever, lymphadenopathy, lethargy, pallor, purpura (easy bruising), tachycardia, murmurs, gingival bleeding/hyperplasia, oral ulcers, hepatomegaly, sz, ha, disorientation decreased coordination, bone or joint pain. Exposure to toxins, radiation, viruses, chromosome abnormalities (cid:894)leuke(cid:373)ia: dow(cid:374)"s sy(cid:374)dro(cid:373)e(cid:895), immune deficiencies, organ transplants, prior cancer, family history. B symptoms correlate with a worse prognosis: initial findings of fever (>100. 4), night sweats, and greater than 10% wt loss in 6 months. Leukemia: group of malignant disorder affecting the blood and blood-forming tissues of the bone marrow, lymph system and spleen. Lymphoma: malignant neoplasm originating in the bone marrow and lymphatic structures with proliferation of lymphocytes. 5th most common type of cancer in us. *leuke(cid:373)ia"s: r/t bone marrow failure and formation of leukemic infiltrates. Ha, mouth sores, anemia, bleeding, fever, infection, sternal tenderness, gingival hyperplasia, mild. Fatigue and weakness, fever, sternal tenderness, wt lost, joint pain, bone pain, massive splenomegaly, Wt loss, fatigue, weakness, fever, chills, tachycardia, or night sweats.
