Sunday, 18 June 2017

Hypercoagulable syndrome | NEET Based MCQ

NIME Next Batch PGI Quest in Delhi from 10 August to 20 August


Which anticancer drug causes hypercoagulable syndrome? 

A. 5-FU 
B. L-asparaginase 
C. Melphalan 
D. Carmustine


Ans. B.
Side-effects of L-Asparaginase:
Hypersensitivity reaction manifested by fever, chills, nausea and vomiting, urticaria, bronchospasm, respiratory failure and hypotension; increased risk of both clotting and bleeding as a result of alterations in various clotting factors:
pancreatitis, and neurological toxicity