A Client Has a Possible Connective Tissue Disease and the Nurse

question 14

Multiple Choice

A client has a possible connective tissue disease and the nurse is reviewing the client's laboratory values.Which laboratory values and their related connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are correctly matched? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Elevated antinuclear antibody (ANA) - Normal value; no connective tissue disease
• B) Elevated sedimentation rate - Rheumatoid arthritis
• C) Lowered albumin - Indicative only of nutritional deficit
• D) Positive human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLA-B27) - Reiter's syndrome or ankylosing spondylitis
• E) Positive rheumatoid factor - Possible kidney disease

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