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| Chemo Administration Guidelines |
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Wear double gloves (latex or nitrile) Change if torn or Q30 min for latex - 60 min for Nitrile Dispose in plastic bag and chemical waste container |
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| ALTERATION IN THE SIZE, SHAPE AND ORGANIZATION OF DIFFERENTIATED CELLS |
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| BODY'S ABILITY TO PRODUCE ONLY THE AMOUNT OF CELL NEEDED |
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ENCAPSULATIED CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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DIFFERENTIATED CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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METASTASIS CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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| RECURRENCE CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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VASCULARITY CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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| MODE OF GROWTH CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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| CELL CHARACTERISTICS CRITERIA FOR MALIGNANT |
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ABNORMAL - DO NOT RESEMBLE PARENT CELL |
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| ENCAPSULATIED CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| DIFFERENTIATED CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| METASTASIS CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| RECURRENCE CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| VASCULARITY CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| MODE OF GROWTH CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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| CELL CHARACTERISTICS CRITERIA FOR BENIGN NEOPLASMS |
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NORMAL - SIMILAR TO PARENT CELL |
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THEORETICAL MODEL OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT |
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| INITIATION - PROMOTION - PROGRESSION |
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INITIAL STAGE OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT SINGLE STRAND MUTATION - CHANGES IN DNA OF NORMAL CELL ALTERING GROWTH AND FUNCTION REVERSIBLE AT THIS STAGE |
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CARCINOGENS (SMOKING, SUN, ETC) SECOND STAGE OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT CELLS UNDERGO ADDITIONAL MALIGNANT CHANGES REVERSIBLE |
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FINAL STAGE OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT CONTINUED GROWTH OF MALIGNANT PHENOTYPE NOT REVERSIBLE |
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| TUMORS THAT ARISE FROM EBRYONIC TISSUE (BLASTOMAS) |
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| TUMORS THAT ARISE FROM THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM |
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| TUMORS THAT ARISE IN BLOOD FORMING ORGANS (BONE???) |
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TUMORS THAT ARISE IN CONNECTIVE AND SUPPORTIVE TISSUES (BONE, CARTILAGE, NERVE, FAT) |
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TUMORS THAT ARISE FROM EPITHELIAL TISSUE (SKIN, LINING OF BODY CAVITIES) |
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TUMORS THAT ARISE FROM GRANDULAR TISSUE (BREAST OR PROSTATE) |
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HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AMOUNT OF DIFFERENTIATION CELLULAR MATURITY AND CHARACTERISTICS 0 = NORMAL 4 = VERY APAPLASTIC (UNDIFFERINTIATED) |
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EXTENT OF DISEASE AMOUNT OF PROLIFERATION (METASTASIS) IN SITU - ONLY MICROSCOPIC VISIBILITY 1) CLINICAL STAGING - S/S - IMAGING 2) SX STAGING - SX INSPECTION 3) PATHOLOGIC STAGING - BIOPSY (MOST DEFINITIVE) |
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| S/E OF EXTERNAL RADIATION |
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SKIN CHANGES (RED, WHEAPY BLISTERS - LEATHERY SKIN) FATIGUE |
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SEALED INTERNAL RADIATION |
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RADIATION PUT INTO DEVICE THEN PLACED IN BODY PT IS NOT RADIOACTIVE |
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PILL OR LIQUID INGESTION OF RADIOISOTOPE PT (BODY FLUIDS) IS RADIOACTIVE |
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR UNSEALED INTERNAL RADIATION |
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TIME - DISTANCE - SHIELDING PRECAUTIONS FOR 24 - 36 HOURS PRIVATE LEAD LINED ROOM OPEN COMMUNICATION LIMIT EXPOSURE TO 15 MIN OR LESS ROTATE NURSES RESTRICT VISITORS - ISOLATION DETERMINE RADIATION RIKS W. GEIGER-MILLER DEVICE FLUSH FLUIDS TWICE LINENS - BAG UNTIL RADIATION LEVEL DETERMINED THEN WASH |
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INTEG: ALOPESIA, NAIR RIDGING, HYPERPIGMENTATION, PHOTOSENSITIVITY, RASH, STOMATITIS GI - TASTE ALTERATIONS, CONSTIPATION, N/V/D NEURO: NUMBNESS/TINGLING, JAW PAIN, FOOT DROP, OTOTOXICITY, HYPERACTIVITY/DEPRESSION, FATIGUE METABOLIC: HYPO GLYCEMIA, NATREMIA, MAGNESEMIA - HYPER GLYCEMIA, URICEMIA RESP: DEC O2 SATS, PLEURACY, SOB CARDIACT: CHF MUSK/SKEL: MYELOSUPPRESSION, BONE MARROW TOXICITY HEMAT: EVERYTHING "PENIA", RISK FOR BLEEDING GU: RENAL PROBLEMS - SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION |
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| WHO'S 3 STEP ANALGESIC LADDER |
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START WITH LEAST INVASIVE MILD PAIN - NONOPIOID - + ADJUVANT MODERATE PAIN - WEAK OPIOID SEVERE PAIN - STRONG OPIOID, + ADJUVANT |
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NSAIDS ANTIEMETICS - ANTIDEPRESSANTS (amitriptyline) TRANQUILIZER - LORAZEPAM POTENTIATES EFFECTS OF ANALGESICS - GATE THEORY TO PAIN CONTROL |
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TOLERANCE AND ADDICTION |
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ADDITION - PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED TOLERANCE - PHYSIOLOGICAL NEED |
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| MOST APPROPRIATE ROUT OF PAIN MED ADMINISTRATION W/ CANCER PTS. |
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ORAL - ACTIQ (REMOVE IF SLEEPY, NAUZEATED OR DIZZY) PATCH TOPICAL TRANSDERMAL OTHERWISE -IM OR IV |
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| 7 warning signs of cancer |
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C HANGE IN BLADDER OR BOWEL HABBITS A SORE THAT DOESNT HEAL U NUSUAL BLEEDING OR DISCHARGE T HICKENING OR LUMP I NDIGESTION OR DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING O BVIOUS CHANGE IN WART/MOLE N AGGING COUGH OR HOARSNESS |
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CANCER COMPLICATION S/S: PULSAS PERIDOXIS - HR FADES ON INSPIRATION - WIDENING - PULSE PRESSURE - MUFFLED HEART SOUNDS - DECREASED VOLTAGE ON ECG - JVD - HYPOTENSION - TACHYCARDIA TX: PERICARDIAL TAP |
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S/S - (SUPERIOR) - CHEST UP DYSPNEA - TACHYPNEA - COUGH - JVD HIARSNESS, STRIDOR, FACIAL AND PREORBITAL EDEMA TX: RADIATION BEST OPTION THEN CHEMO NI: DO NOT RAISE LEGS - BODY CANT CIRCULATE BLOOD |
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D IURETICS A AMBULATE N ORMAL SALINE C ORTICOSTEROIDS E FFECTIVE OSTEOCLASTIC INHIBITORS (ADG) OSTOCLASTIC INHIBITORS: - (PAMIDRONATE) AREDIA - (ETIDRONATE) DIDRONEL - GALLIUM NITRATE) GANITE |
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Bone Marrow transplant reaction Stem cells reject the parent cells S/S S TOMATITIS H IGH FEVER A NOREXIA/NASUEA/DIARRHEA R ASH P POSSIBLE LIVER DYSFUNCTION |
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