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RRMR

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Jim is having a hip replacement surgery and would like to self-donate blood for the surgery. In addition to being prescribed epogen alpha he should also be prescribed:
 
  1. Folic acid to prevent megaloblastic anemia
  2. Iron, to start when the epogen starts
  3. An antihypertensive to counter the adverse effects of epogen
  4. Vitamin B12 to prevent pernicious anemia

Question 2

Patients who are being treated with epoetin alfa need to be monitored for the development of:
 
  1. Thrombocytopenia
  2. Neutropenia
  3. Hypertension
  4. Gout


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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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RRMR

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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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