A Patient Has a Baseline Platelet Count of 30,000/µL

question 43

Multiple Choice

A patient has a baseline platelet count of 30,000/µL. Upon receiving a platelet pool of 4 random platelets, what would you expect the post-transfusion platelet count to be?

• A) 35,000/µL
• B) 50,000/µL
• C) 80,000/µL
• D) 100,000/µL

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