The nurse is aware that a common cause of reduced amounts of erythropoietin is:
a. renal failure.
b. liver cancer.
c. emphysema.
d. diabetes.
A
Renal failure results in reduced amounts of erythropoietin, a substance necessary for the produc-tion of RBCs in the bone marrow.
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