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Adult Health Nursing Care of the Patient With a Blood or Lymphatic Disorder (A and P) 2024

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Anemia - ANS-Blood disorder characterized by red blood cell, hemoglobin, and hematocrit levels below normal range Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) - ANS-Acquired hemorrhage syndrome of ... clotting, cascade overstimulation, and anti clotting processes. Erythrocytosis - ANS-Abnormal increase in the number of circulating red blood cells Erythropoiesis - ANS-The process of red blood cell production Hemarthrosis - ANS-Bleeding into a joint space, a hallmark of severe disease usually occurring in the knees, ankles, and elbow. Hemophilia - ANS-Hereditary coagulation disorder; caused by a lack of antihemophilic factor VIII, which is needed to convert prothrombin to thrombin through thromboplastin component Heterozygous - ANS-Having two different genes Idiopathic - ANS-Cause unknown Leukemia - ANS-Malignant disorder of the hematopoietic system in which an excess of leukocytes accumulates in the bone marrow and lymph nodes Leukopenia - ANS-An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells to fewer than 5000 cell/mm^3 due to depression of the bone marrow Lymphangitis - ANS-Inflammation of one or more lymphatic vessels or channels; usually results from an acute streptococcal or staphylococcal infection in an extremity Lymphedema - ANS-Primary or secondary disorder characterized by the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue and edema Multiple Myeloma - ANS-A malignant neoplastic immunodeficiency disease of the bone marrow; the tumor is composed of plasma cells [Show More]

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