The nurse is caring for a patient suspected of having an MI. What laboratory tests should the nurse review to determine if this patient did experience an MI?
a. Troponin I and myoglobin
b. Bleeding time and total cholesterol
c. Urinalysis and complete blood count
d. Alkaline phosphatase and prothrombin time
ANS: A
The most useful indicators of an MI are patient history, electrocardiogram (ECG), and serum cardiac troponin I or T, myoglobin, and creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) levels. B. C. D. Bleeding time, total cholesterol, urinalysis, complete blood count, alkaline phosphatase and prothrombin time are not used to diagnose an MI.
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