A woman calls the clinic because she is having an unusually heavy menstrual flow. She tells the nurse that she has saturated three tampons in the past 2 hours. The nurse estimates that the amount of blood loss over the past 2 hours is _____ mL
a. 20 to 30
b. 30 to 40
c. 40 to 60
d. 60 to 90
ANS: D
The average tampon absorbs 20 to 30 mL.
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