A Patient Who Had a Total Hip Replacement Had an Intraoperative

question 6

Multiple Choice

A patient who had a total hip replacement had an intraoperative hemorrhage 14 hours ago. Which laboratory test result would the nurse expect?

• A)Hematocrit of 46%
• B)Hemoglobin of 13.8 g/dL
• C)Elevated reticulocyte count
• D)Decreased white blood cell (WBC) count

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