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    Mechanism of Action Indication and Rationale Contraindication Common Side Effects Nursing Consideration While Taking The Drugs

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    Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat several types of cancer including ovarian cancer. It works by cross-linking with DNA to prevent cell replication. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, neuropathy, ototoxicity, and myelosuppression. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of toxicity and provide supportive care while the patient is taking carboplatin.

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    Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat several types of cancer including ovarian cancer. It works by cross-linking with DNA to prevent cell replication. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, neuropathy, ototoxicity, and myelosuppression. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of toxicity and provide supportive care while the patient is taking carboplatin.

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    Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat several types of cancer including ovarian cancer. It works by cross-linking with DNA to prevent cell replication. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, neuropathy, ototoxicity, and myelosuppression. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of toxicity and provide supportive care while the patient is taking carboplatin.

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    Mechanism of Action Indication and Rationale Contraindication Common Side Effects Nursing Consideration While Taking The Drugs

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    Carboplatin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat several types of cancer including ovarian cancer. It works by cross-linking with DNA to prevent cell replication. Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, neuropathy, ototoxicity, and myelosuppression. Nurses should monitor patients for signs of toxicity and provide supportive care while the patient is taking carboplatin.

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    Mechanism Indication Contraindication Common side Nursing

    of action and rationale effects consideration


    while taking the
    drugs
    Generic
    name: Cytotoxic: Carboplatin is Severe allergic CNS:  Weight
    Heavy metal used to treat reactions to Peripheral Patient
    Carboplatin that produces ovarian carboplatin, Neuropathies,
    cross-link cancer. cisplatin, platinum Ototoxicity,  Skin and
    Brand name: within and Carboplatin is compounds, visual hair
    between also used for mannitol, severe disturbances, evaluation
    Paraplatin strands of other types of bone marrow change in taste
    DNA, thus cancer, depression, perception  Reflexes,
    Classification: preventing including lung, lactation sensation,
    cell head and neck, GI: Nausea, CBC
    Alkylating replication; endometrial, Use cautiously Vomiting, Evaluation
    agent Cell cycle esophageal, with renal abdominal pain,
    nonspecific bladder, impairment, diarrhea,
    Dosage: breast, and pregnancy, history constipation  Instruct
    cervical; of neuropathic patient to
    360 mg/m 2 central disorders GU: Increased report
    nervous BUN or serum loss of
    Frequency: system or creatinine hearing,
    germ cell dizziness,
    360 mg/m^2 tumors; Hematologic: unusual
    IV on day 1 osteogenic Bone marrow bleeding
    every 4 weeks sarcoma; and depression, or
    as preparation decreased bruising,
    Route: for a stem cell serum sodium, fever,
    or bone magnesium, chills, sore
    IV marrow calcium, throat,
    transplant. potassium muscle
    twitching,
    Palliative Hypersensitivity: changes
    treatment of Anaphylactic in voiding
    patients with like reactions, pattern
    ovarian rash, uticaria,
    carcinoma erythema,
    recurrent after pruritus,
    prior bronchospasm
    chemotherapy
    Other: Pain,
    alopecia,
    asthenia, cancer

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