A 58-year-old female patient with a history of high blood pressure, chronic bronchitis, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is being seen in the clinic for a urinary tract infection and is prescribed SMZ-TMP
The nurse should express concern to the physician who prescribed the SMZ-TMP because the patient
A) is a 58-year-old woman.
B) has G6PD deficiency.
C) has chronic bronchitis.
D) has high blood pressure.
B
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