Rewrite this sentence in layman's terms. "This form of therapy administers very high doses of chemotherapy and/or total body irradiation (TBI) that effectively ablates the bone marrow, resulting in a normally lethal pancytopenia."
What will be an ideal response?
This form of treatment uses very high doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation directed at the entire body to destroy the bone marrow. Normally, this amount of chemotherapy or radiation would cause the destruction of all white cells, leading to the patient's death.
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a. Family history b. History of present illness c. Final diagnosis d. Chief complaint
Which of the following leads to a blank test reporting form that enables physicians to fulfill the patient's request of healthcare information in the EHR?
A. New Test Report to Pt submenu B. New Excuse/Note/Order submenu C. Recommendations heading D. None of these
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).