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- Title
Hyperviscosity Syndrome in Patients With Multiple Myeloma.
- Authors
Mullen, Ellen; Mendez, Noel
- Abstract
The article presents the case of 50-year-old woman who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma. It offers a discussion of the key assessments in patients with multiple myeloma and the clinical manifestations of hyperviscosity syndrome, as well as how hyperviscosity syndrome is diagnosed. The immediate and long-term treatment for hyperviscosity syndrome and the nursing implications in caring for patients with the syndrome are also discussed.
- Subjects
DISEASES in older women; MULTIPLE myeloma; DIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMS; BLOOD hyperviscosity syndrome; ONCOLOGY nursing; PATIENTS
- Publication
Oncology Nursing Forum, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 3, p350
- ISSN
0190-535X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/08.ONF.350-352