What is the best intervention for immediately lowering the platelet count to safer levels in a client diagnosed with severe life-threatening thrombocytosis?
1. Administering aspirin in a small dose
2. Providing clopidogrel to inhibit blood clotting
3. Administering hydroxyurea to lower the platelet count
4. Performing pheresis to remove whole blood from the donor
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A) fungal infections B) burns C) itching D) bacterial infections
Which of the following is a brain mechanism for encoding sound intensity? Choose the correct option
A) Number of active neurons B) Firing rates of auditory neurons C) Number of active neurons and firing rates of auditory neurons D) Neither number of active neurons nor firing rates of auditory neurons
A nurse is caring for a client who has Bouchard's nodes. Which joints does the nurse anticipate to be swollen in this client?
1. Vertebral joints 2. Metacarpophalangeal joints 3. Distal interphalangeal joints 4. Proximal interphalangeal joints
Helen went to France for spring break. While there, she met Jacques and had a passionate affair, but then returned to college to finish her degree. This is an example of
A) companionate love. B) consummate love. C) empty love. D) fatuous love.