For a patient experiencing hypersplenism, the nurse expects the erythrocytes to be:
a. proliferated.
b. activated.
c. sequestered.
d. infected.
ANS: C
Hypersplenism results in sequestering, not proliferation, activation, or infection, of the blood cells.
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