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Wadzanai

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on: Jul 22, 2018
A client has an elevated AST. The nurse realizes that the condition the client is most likely to have would be:
 
  a. hepatitis. c. rheumatoid arthritis.
  b. diabetes. d. prostate cancer.

Question 2

The nurse, caring for a client with an elevated acid phosphatase, realizes this blood test is useful in diagnosing:
 
  a. diabetes. c. nephrotic syndrome.
  b. hyperthyroidism. d. metastatic prostate cancer.


thall411

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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D


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