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

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

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
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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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