Author Question: Patients who are being treated for folate deficiency require monitoring of: 1. Complete blood ... (Read 31 times)

c0205847 · **on:** Jul 24, 2018

Patients who are being treated for folate deficiency require monitoring of:

1. Complete blood count every 4 weeks
2. Hematocrit and hemoglobin at 1 week and then at 8 weeks
3. Reticulocyte count at 1 week
4. Folate levels every 4 weeks until hemoglobin stabilizes

Question 2

Monitoring for a patient taking iron to treat iron deficiency anemia is:

1. Hemoglobin, hematocrit, and ferritin 4 weeks after treatment is started
2. Complete blood count every 4 weeks throughout treatment
3. Annual complete blood count
4. Reticulocyte count in 4 weeks