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ChemotherapyAka: Chemotherapy Extravasation
- General
- Exercise encouraged following high dose chemotherapy
- Safe
- Prevents deconditioning
- Decreases toxic side effects of chemotherapy
- Reference
- Dimeo (1997) Blood 90:3390
- Agents
- Alkylating Agent
- Antimetabolite Chemotherapy
- Hormonally Active Chemotherapy
- Plant Alkaloid Chemotherapy
- Antibiotic Chemotherapy
- Miscellaneous Medication
- Amsacrine
- Asparaginase
- Hydoxyurea
- Mitoxantrone
- Mitotane (Lysodren)
- Quinacrine
- Management: Extravasation of agents from IV
- Findings: Onset with hours of chemotherapy
- Local erythema and swelling
- Necrosis
- Management
- Immediately stop any infusion
- Apply ice to area
- Do not compress area
- Use antidotes if available
- Urgent consultations with Oncology and Surgery
- Debridement may be needed
- Complications
- Scarring
- Contractures
- References
- Higdon (2006) Am Fam Physician 74:1873
Pharmacotherapy (C0013216)
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| Definition (CSP) | application of the beneficial effects of drugs to control or cure diseases or abnormal states in living organisms or tissues. |
| Definition (HL7V3.0) | <p>The introduction of a drug into a subject with the intention of altering its biologic state with the intent of improving its health status.</p> |
| Definition (NCI) | Treatment of disease through the use of drugs. |
| Concepts | Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure (T061)
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| English | CHEMOTHER, Chemotherapies, Chemotherapy, DRUG THER, Drug Therapies, Drug Therapy, medication therapy, Pharmacological Treatment, Pharmacological Treatments, PHARMACOTHER, pharmacotherapeutics, Pharmacotherapies, Pharmacotherapy, THER DRUG, Treatment With Medication |
| Spanish | farmacoterapia, quimioterapia |
| Credits | Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)
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