A Patient's Laboratory Test Results Indicate an Increased Blood Level

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Multiple Choice

A patient's laboratory test results indicate an increased blood level of iron.This finding is associated with which of the following conditions? Select all that apply.

• A)Hemolytic anemias
• B)Pernicious anemias
• C)Dietary deficiency
• D)Pregnancy
• E)Nephritis

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the dataset into two halves.

IQR

IQR, or Interquartile Range, measures the middle 50% spread of a dataset by calculating the difference between the first (25th percentile) and third (75th percentile) quartiles.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a dataset.

Median

The middle value in a data set when it is organized in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values if the set has an even number of observations.