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HudsonKB16

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on: Jul 11, 2018
A critical care nurse is caring for a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia. The patient is not responding to conservative treatments, and her condition is now becoming life-threatening.
 
  The nurse is aware that a treatment option in this case may include what?
  A) Hepatectomy
  B) Vitamin K administration
  C) Platelet transfusion
  D) Splenectomy

Question 2

In response to the presence of a bloodborne pathogen, an individual's immune system has mounted a successful response in which antibodies have produced agglutination between offending antigens.
 
  The process of agglutination will be followed by what consequent activity of the immune system?
  A) Phagocytosis
  B) Opsonization
  C) Release of histamine
  D) Release of slow-reacting substance


cadimas

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A


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