What is a vaso-occlusive crisis

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A nurse is admitting a 23 year old African American male patient to the Med/Surg unit for Shortness of Breath, Sickle Cell Anemia, and a Vaso-occlusive crisis.

1. Explain what a vaso-occlusive crisis is, include what sites in the body are common sources of pain.

2. List common signs and symptoms of anemia.

3. What lab tests would substantiate a diagnosis of anemia?

Provide the rationale and citation for your answers from your textbook.

The treatment for this patient includes a combination of oxygen, hydration, pain medications, and prophylactic antibiotics to treat vaso-occlusive crises and complications. As well, patients are typically transfused with blood when their hemoglobin falls below a certain lab value.

List the four types of blood.

What blood type is the universal donor?

What blood type is the universal recipient?

Describe another type of anemia (other than sickle cell). Include the description of how this type of anemia develops, signs and symptoms, and treatment modalities.

Include references/citations from your textbook.

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