Why Is It Important to Monitor Patients Who Are Receiving

question 14

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to monitor patients who are receiving anticoagulant therapy?

• A)Drugs are expensive.
• B)Prophylactic and therapeutic dosage ranges are unknown.
• C)Patients commonly abuse these drugs.
• D)Clinical consequences for overdosing or underdosing are significant.

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