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PROGNOSIS OF APLASTIC ANEMIA
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POOR IF UNTREATED
-MOST DIE W/IN 6 MOS OF DIAGNOSIS |
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CAUSE OF APLASTIC ANEMIA
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-50 PERCENT IDEOPATHIC (UNKNOWN)
-RADIATION -INFECTION -HEREDITARY -DRUGS/CHEMICALS:**CHLORAMPHENICAL (CHLORAMYCETIN) |
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PANCYTOPENIA
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-ANEMIA
-THROMBOCYTOPENIA -LEUKOPENIA |
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APLASTIC ANEMIA
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HYPOPROLIFERATIVE ANEMIA
-SUPPRESSION OF RBC,WBC,AND PLATELETS -DECREASE IN ALL PRECURSOR CELLS IN BONE MARROW -DEFECT IN STEM CELL |
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FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL:
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SUPPORTIVE TXT:
**REPLACE BLOOD COMPONENTS** IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TXT: 1.W/ANTITHYMOCTYE GLOBULIN (ATG) 2.CYCLOSPORINE/+ CORTICOSTERIOIDS 3.CYCLOSPORINE/+ ANDROGENS 4.BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION (BMT) 5.STEM CELL TRANSPLANT (SCT) 6.CURATIVE TXT |
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GOALS
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PREVENT AND TREAT COMPLICATIONS
RESULTING FROM PANCYTOPENIA |
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NSG DIAGNOSIS
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1.ANXIETY
2.POWERLESSNESS |
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BONE MARROW ASPIRATION
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FATTY FEW DEVELOPING CELLS
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ASSESSMENT
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HISTORY OF EXPOSURE
CLINICAL DATA:PANCYTOPENIA AND CBC 1.NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA-RBC < 1 MILLION 2.LEUKOPENIA-WBC < 2,000 3.AGRANULOCYTOSIS- ABSOLUTE VALUE < 500 4.THROMBOCYTOPENIA-HEMO < 30,000 |
