Explain gout in leukemia
What will be an ideal response?
Leukemia can cause an increase in the level of uric acid in the blood secondary to an increased number of white blood cells and following treatment with drugs that destroy the leukemic cells. There is an increased breakdown of nucleoprotein yielding a large amount of uric acid and the inadequate renal excretion of uric acid from the excessive breakdown of nucleoprotein.
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1. all at once. 2. in a linear fashion. 3. from simple to complex. 4. from complex to simple.
The client has a clean stage II ulcer. Which should the nurse choose for a dressing?
1. Strip packing 2. Nonstick pads 3. Transparent film 4. Calcium alginate
A nurse is speaking at a city council meeting in a coastal town on the northeastern coast of the United States. The nurse is explaining that in order to protect the rest of the town, the city council needs to
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John has an inherited condition where he has an extra chromosome 21 . John has:
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