A Patient in the Hospital Has Been Receiving Heparin Injections

question 17

Multiple Choice

A patient in the hospital has been receiving heparin injections. The platelet count on admission was 222,000/mm³ and four days later is 113,000/mm³. What action by the healthcare professional is best?

• A)Prepare to transfuse the patient with platelets.
• B)Do nothing; this is an expected side effect.
• C)Switch the heparin to lepirudin
• D)Stop all the patient's medications.

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