Following some minor surgery on a patient, the doctor notices that the patient's blood is not clotting

properly. The best way to help this patient would be to give the patient an injection of:
a. a strong vasoconstrictor.
b. histamine.
c. heparin.
d. vitamin K.
e. erythropoietin.


D

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