While the major adverse effect of heparin therapy is hemorrhage, another adverse effect involves blood pooling in the skin, which is called:
A. hematopoiesis
B. hemarthrosis
C. subdural hematoma
D. ecchymosis
d
Rationale: Ecchymosis is blood that has pooled in the skin, which is one of the adverse effects of heparin therapy. Subdu-ral hematoma (bleeding into areas below the dura mater) and hemarthrosis (blood in a joint) are also adverse effects of heparin therapy.
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