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DIC part 1
Oncology notes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Clients bleed from multiple sites and can be fatal | DIC |
| Clots block blood vessels, decreasing blood flow to organs | DIC |
| Have extensive clotting, which uses up clotting factors and platelets | DIC |
| Clotting process followed by extensive bleeding | DIC |
| This drug used in DIC | Heparin |
| Signs and symptoms presented when clots block blood vessels and decrease blood flow are? (6) | 1. pain 2. strokelike manifestations 3. dyspnea 4. tachycardia 5. oliguria 6. bowel necrosis |
| Patients at increased risk for DIC are? | Patients with: Leukemia; adenocarcinomas of the lung; pancreas; stomach; prostate |
| What is important practice for patient's with DIC and immunocomprised client? | Using ASEPTIC technique |
| Besides heparin, what other drug is used for DIC? | IV antibiotics |
| Name the drug which is a Clotting factor for progressed DIC where hemorrhage is primary problem | Cryoprecipitated |