The nurse instructing a patient about the effects of diabetes mellitus informs the patient that diabetes mellitus:
a. improves overall tissue perfusion.
b. promotes release of oxygen to tissues.
c. causes hemoglobin to have a greater affinity for oxygen.
d. causes hemoglobin to have a decreased affinity for oxygen.
C
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that causes small blood vessel disease that impairs tissue perfusion. It also causes hemoglobin to have greater affinity for oxygen, so it fails to release oxygen to tissues.
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