Comprehensive Nursing Pharmacology Q 154

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The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a chemotherapy. Which of the following would be expected as a result of the massive cell destruction that occurred from the chemotherapy?

  

     A. Leukopenia

     B. Anemia

     C. Thrombocytopenia

     D. Hyperuricemia

    

    

Correct Answer: D. Hyperuricemia.

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Increased levels of uric acid (Hyperuricemia) in the body is common following the treatment for leukemias and lymphomas because chemotherapy results in massive cell destruction.

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Options A, B, & C: These are usually noted, but an increased uric acid level is specifically related to massive cell destruction.

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