A Patient Has Hemolytic Anemia

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient has hemolytic anemia.An instrument printout reveals a reticulocyte count of 8%, marked polychromasia and moderate schistocytes, and an MCV of 88 fl.What can be concluded about the bone marrow response to this hemolytic anemia?

• A)It is adequate.
• B)It is not adequate for the degree of hemolysis.
• C)The reticulocyte count indicates that the marrow is responding at its maximum rate.
• D)There is not enough information to determine if bone marrow response is adequate.

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