A patient's electronic health record states that the patient receives regular transfusions of factor IX. The nurse would be justified in suspecting that this patient has what diagnosis?
A) Leukemia
B) Hemophilia
C) Hypoproliferative anemia
D) Hodgkin's lymphoma
Ans: B
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Administration of clotting factors is used to treat diseases where these factors are absent or insufficient; hemophilia is among the most common of these diseases. Factor IX is not used in the treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, or anemia.
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