According to the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and ...

[rlane42]

According to the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus, Mrs. C has three risk factors for GDM. What are those risk factors?

Question 2

Refer to the table of lab values above and note the abnormal values. Explain these abnormalities in light of her symptoms.

[daiying98]

Answer to Question 1

1 . She is > 25 years of age
2 . She is overweight
3 . She has close relatives that have had diabetes

Answer to Question 2

WBC increasedinfection in the inflamed diverticula.
Hgb & Hct decreasesdue to bleeding, possible anemia.
Na and Cl decreaseslack of food, diarrhea.
MCVdue to anemia, microcytic-type, probably due to iron deficiency.

[rlane42]

Gracias!

[Joy Chen]

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