A Client Has an Elevated Level of C-Reactive Protein

question 9

Multiple Choice

A client has an elevated level of C-reactive protein. The nurse explains the significance of this finding as

• A) an indication of an inflammatory process like atherosclerosis.
• B) not related to future cardiac events such as myocardial infarction.
• C) suggestive of a recent pulmonary embolus.
• D) worrisome because it signals possible myocardial irritability.

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