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An antibiotic that may produce blood dyscrasias is?
rifampin
What has the author Benjamin L Gordon written?
Benjamin L. Gordon has written: 'Dyscrasias of immunoglobin production'
What is yridssaasc unscrambled?
There is a plural medical term "dyscrasias" (unspecified blood disorders).Without the C, the anagram is disarrays.
Is anemia an example of blood dyscrasia?
Yes, anemia is considered a type of blood dyscrasia. Blood dyscrasias refer to disorders or abnormalities in the blood, which can include issues with the quantity or quality of blood cells. Anemia specifically involves a deficiency in red blood cells or hemoglobin, leading to reduced oxygen transport in the body. Other examples of blood dyscrasias include leukopenia and thrombocytopenia.
Is anemia in crohn's disease caused by blood dyscrasias?
Blood dyscrasia is a pathological condition of the blood, usually involving disorders of the cellular elements of the blood. Anemia is most often caused by poor function of the ileum and malabsorption of vitamin B12.
What are the side effects of butazolidin?
Butazolidine was an anti analgesic anti inflamatory drug used in the past , but is not been used now.I remember as some of its worst side effects were blood dyscrasias. One has to refer to an old formulary perhaps about 20 years ago to know more about it.
What is M-SPIKE in urine?
M-SPIKE in urine refers to the presence of a monoclonal protein spike detected in a urine protein electrophoresis test. It is often associated with conditions like multiple myeloma or other plasma cell dyscrasias, where abnormal plasma cells produce excess monoclonal antibodies. The presence of an M-SPIKE can help in diagnosing these conditions and monitoring the disease's progression or response to treatment.
What is a word component in medical term?
A word component in a medical term is a specific part of the word that conveys meaning. It can include word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and combining vowels. These components combine to form medical terms that describe anatomical structures, conditions, or procedures.
Can Ativan cause low blood count?
Ativan (lorazepam) is a benzodiazepine primarily used for anxiety and sedation, and it is not commonly associated with causing low blood count (blood dyscrasias). However, in rare cases, medications can lead to side effects that may affect blood cell production. If you experience symptoms like unusual bruising, fatigue, or frequent infections while taking Ativan, it is important to consult a healthcare professional for evaluation.
What are some nine letter words with 3rd letter S and 4th letter T and 6th letter I and 8th letter G?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern --ST-I-G-. That is, nine letter words with 3rd letter S and 4th letter T and 6th letter I and 8th letter G. In alphabetical order, they are: eastlings hustlings jostlings lustrings nestlings restringe restrings rustlings unstrings
Can you take Tylenol and methotrexate?
caution Due to aspirin's effect on platelet aggregation and GI mucosa, aspirin should be used cautiously in patients with thrombocytopenia following treatment with antineoplastic agents due to an increased risk of bleeding.[5717] In general, because certain antineoplastic agents can cause clinically significant thrombocytopenia, they may increase the risk of aspirin-associated bleeding (i.e. GI bleeding, inhibited platelet aggregation, and prolonged bleeding time). Also, aspirin may mask signs of infection such as fever and pain in patients following treatment with antineoplastic agents or immunosuppressives.[6859] Aspirin, ASA should be used with caution in patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy. Although usually seen with large salicylate doses, aspirin may displace mercaptopurine, 6-MP from secondary binding sites, resulting in bone marrow toxicities and blood dyscrasias.[5232] Special consideration should be given to myelosuppressed patients prior to receiving aspirin. Due to the thrombocytopenic effects of methotrexate,[5067] when used as an antineoplastic agent, an additive risk of bleeding may be seen in patients receiving concomitant anticoagulants, platelet inhibitors (also see salicylates), strontium-89 chloride, or thrombolytic agents. Caution should be exercised when salicylates are given in combination with methotrexate. Since both are weak acids, salicylates can impair the renal secretion of methotrexate and increase the risk of methotrexate toxicity. Salicylates can also displace methotrexate from protein-binding sites.[5067] Although the risk for drug interactions with methotrexate is greatest during high-dose methotrexate therapy, it has been recommended that any of these drugs be used cautiously with methotrexate even when methotrexate is used in low doses for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. A significantly higher incidence of leukopenia has been reported in patients taking aspirin during methotrexate therapy. Bismuth subsalicylate may have similar effects. In addition, large doses of salicylates (>= 3-4 g/day) can cause hypoprothrombinemia,[5170] an additional risk factor for bleeding. Caution should be exercised when aspirin is given in combination with methotrexate. Concomitant administration of salicylates with high-dose methotrexate therapy has been reported to elevate and prolong serum concentrations of methotrexate resulting in deaths from severe hematologic and gastrointestinal toxicity. Although the risk for drug interactions with methotrexate is greatest during high-dose methotrexate therapy, it has been recommended that any salicylate be used cautiously with methotrexate even when lower doses of methotrexate are given for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis. Elderly patients and patients with renal impairment may be at particular risk. As both methotrexate and salicylates are weak acids, aspirin can impair the renal secretion of methotrexate and increase the risk of methotrexate toxicity. Salicylates can also displace methotrexate from protein-binding sites.[5067] [5232]
How long can a 21-week-old baby stay dead in its mother's womb?
Surprising to me was the difficulties I encountered in coming up with a good answer to this question. The reasons why it has become almost undocumented, and nearly impossible to answer properly, fall into two categories: clinical and real-world.The clinical aspects are the most scant (I'll explain why later), and one of the papers I reviewed for this answer was dated 1898. Modern papers are harder to come by and, when you do find them, they carefully, delicately focus on one or another aspect of fetal mortality -- as opposed to addressing the matter generally. That said, here is the little I can tell you.The exact amount of time is indeterminate. The mother's body in almost all cases will detect that the fetus is dead, and will typically commence and complete a delivery. One case, which I suspect to be typical, documented that the mother's body retained the post-mortem fetus for 6 weeks. Other articles cite times as short as a few days, or a week.The major factors at play seem to relate to the cause of death of the fetus as well as the mother's general health. In a healthy mother, a fetus that fails a major developmental step (usually way before 21 weeks) will miscarry on its own often before death is detected, and the mother's physiological health will not necessarily be compromised. A sad process, but a healthy one -- the body, in early term, stops what isn't going to work.If the mother, however, is extremely ill, and/or the illness relates to the fetus, reports vary. If the mother is weakened, non-induced delivery may or may not occur, as one hopes. This case also speaks to causes for an abortion (and yes, even though the fetus is dead, the procedure is still called an abortion).Typically, most elective abortions occur very early in the first trimester, and involve procedures that put the mother at very little risk. Late-term abortions are another matter, and many doctors are hesitant to perform a late-term elective abortion -- or flat-out won't do it.Therapeutic abortions, however, are another matter. Therapeutic abortions are those abortions that are dictated out of medical necessity, where the determination is made that the mother's life is endangered if the pregnancy continues. There are lots and lots of reasons for a therapeutic abortion in later pregnancy: One of these is a post-mortem fetus.Very few clinical trials regarding this procedure are on record. Part of the reason for this is that medical technology is moving right along, and methods change, the old giving way to the new. That 1898 paper was historically interesting, but clinically useless.The other factors -- the political and real-world ones -- are the other reason. Over the past decade, pressure against Pro-Choice groups has been increasing, culminating in the "2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban," sponsored by President G.W. Bush. Oddly, the bill, which is now in law, neither differentiates between a therapeutic abortion and an elective abortion, nor does it draw any line between an abortion performed on a live -- versus a dead -- fetus.The result is that Dilation and Extraction (D&X), often the procedure of choice for delivering a post-mortem fetus, is now illegal. In addition, many hospital boards have become extremely reluctant to approve Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) -- a method similar to D&X.In addition to this, many Catholic schools and hospitals have followed suit and have placed an ecclesiastical ban on performing D&E as well as D&X abortions.The result is that most doctors who can perform a D&X are over 50 years old. The majority of younger doctors don't have much experience in this, and are understandably reluctant to take on the legal risks of performing a procedure in which they have insufficient experience.So now we're seeing a lot of natural deliveries of post-mortem fetuses, partially because -- in earlier days -- they would have been therapeutically aborted. As such, we don't know how long a dead fetus can, in fact, remain in the mother's body; in the past, we wouldn't have let it go so long.Generally speaking, with a healthy mother and a post-mortem fetus, it's clinically wise to abort the fetus. Complications with the mother's health can, of course, change this decision (anemia is one reason). And various blood dyscrasias tend to become more and more likely as time passes, notably Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC -- the med-student's mnemonic for "Death Is Coming") and thrombocytopenia. The risk of bacterial infection also increases.One might be inclined to think that therapeutic abortion is also risky -- and it is -- but not as much."A review of 300 second-trimester abortions published in 2002 in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology found that 29 percent of women who went through labor and delivery had complications, compared with just 4 percent of those who had D&Es."Ms. Magazine -- Martha Mendoza -- Essay, Summer of 2004. Ms. Mendoza also cites that "abortion is not readily available in 86% of the counties in the US." IbidOne aspect of this issue that is frequently neglected is the mother's psychological well-being. A miscarriage or stillbirth is a deeply traumatic event. Worse, however, are the twin dangers of either carrying a dead fetus to term, on the one hand, or fighting one's way through a medico-legal bureaucracy, trying to get this done.Either way, the mother's mental well-being is surely going to be challenged.So, in summary, 6 or more weeks is possible; and 3 days is also a possibility. The longer this continues, the greater the likelihood of clinical dangers to the mother. However, considering the physiological and psychological dangers the mother is facing, these scanty estimates can change, quite literally, in a heartbeat.
