A patient who has been receiving heparin
subcutaneously for 3 weeks has all of the following laboratory blood test values. Which value should you report immediately to the prescriber?
a. Activated partial thromboplastin time 1.5
b. International normalized ratio (INR) 1.7
c. Red blood cells 4.2 million/mm3
d. Platelets 20,000/mm3
ANS: D
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