The nurse understands that a client with which condition might respond abnormally to primaquine therapy?
1. Diabetes insipidus
2. G-6-PD deficiency
3. Gout
4. Trisomy 13
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Diabetes insipidus would not affect primaquine therapy.
Rationale 2: Clients with G-6-PD deficiency are at greater risk for hemolytic anemia.
Rationale 3: Gout is associated with uric acid and is not related to greater risk for primaquine therapy.
Rationale 4: Trisomy 13 is related to birth defects.
Global Rationale: Clients with G-6-PD deficiency are at greater risk for hemolytic anemia. The other conditions do not increase risk for adverse response.
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