06-15-2009, 06:48 AM
6. a 31 yo man with aids is receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy(HAART)laboratory studies show significant myelosuppression and a decreased plasma hiv-mrna burden. to counteract this toxicity (rather than modify his antiretrovial therapy) he begins treatmet with a hematopietic growth factor. thirty minutes later, he develops duspnea, severe muscle pain, vomiting, and sinus tachycardia, his blood pressure is 80/40 mm/hg. which of the ff hematopoietic growth factors most likely caused these findings?
a. erythropoietin
b. filgrastim (G-CSF)
c. platelet derived growth factor
d. sargramostim (GM-CSF)
e) thrombopoietin
a. erythropoietin
b. filgrastim (G-CSF)
c. platelet derived growth factor
d. sargramostim (GM-CSF)
e) thrombopoietin