Choose the Hematology Test That Might Be Ordered to Give

question 60

Multiple Choice

Choose the hematology test that might be ordered to give additional information to the physician caring for a patient with anemia. The patient has already had hemoglobin and hematocrit tests done, separately and as part of a complete blood count.

• A) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
• B) Reticulocyte (Retic) count
• C) Eosinophil count
• D) Kleihauer-Betke

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