The nurse informs a client suspected of having pernicious anemia that the lab study that will be helpful in the diagnosis is
a. clotting studies.
b. endoscopy.
c. hemoglobin levels.
d. Schilling test.
D
The Schilling test measures the absorption of orally administered radioactive vitamin B12 (tagged with cobalt 60) before and after parenteral administration of intrinsic factor. This procedure de-tects lack of intrinsic factor and is the definitive test for pernicious anemia.
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