A patient comes to the emergency department complaining of dyspnea. After analyzing these laboratory results, the nurse would conduct further assessment for which condition?
1. Pancytopenia
2. Chronic bacterial infection
3. A respiratory infection
4. A hypersensitivity response
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Rationale 1: Pancytopenia would be indicated by very low levels of the laboratory values.
Rationale 2: The patient with a chronic bacterial infection would have an increased WBC count.
Rationale 3: The patient with a respiratory infection would have an increased WBC count.
Rationale 4: The eosinophils (normal 1–3%) and basophils (0.4%–1%) are involved in hypersensitivity responses. The lab values and dyspnea suggest a hypersensitivity response.
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