A Patient Who Had a Total Hip Replacement Had an Intraoperative

question 10

Multiple Choice

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

• 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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