A client diagnosed with leukemia has just been admitted to the oncology unit. You are helping...
A client diagnosed with leukemia has just been admitted to the oncology unit. You are helping to write this client's careplan. You know that potenial complications for client's with leukemia include what?
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Complications for clients with leukemia include;
Development of infection
Anemia due to chemotherapy
Risk of developing second cancer which tends to occur including;
- Soft tissue sarcoma
- Melanoma
- Colorectal cancer
- Lung cancer
- Squamous cell skin cancer
- Basal cell carcinoma, with a high recurrence rate
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