Which of the following patients would be least likely to be prescribed aspirin therapy?
a. A 12-year-old with a high fever
b. A 37-year-old with vitamin K deficiency
c. A 62-year-old with impaired renal function
d. A 45-year-old with unstable angina
ANS: A
Children and adolescents who have influenza or chicken pox should abstain from use of salicy-lates because of the epidemiologic relationship between aspirin use in children and adolescents and Reye's syndrome.
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