A patient is diagnosed with primary thrombocythemia. A nurse would expect the blood smear to reveal _____ platelets
a. defective
b. fragmented
c. consumed
d. overproduced
ANS: D
Thrombocythemia is characterized by a platelet count more than 400,000 platelets per cubic mil-limeter of blood and is symptomatic when the count exceeds 1,000,000 platelets per cubic milli-meter, at which time the risk for intravascular clotting (thrombosis) is high. Thrombocythemia is characterized by a high platelet count, not a defective one, a fragmented one, or a consumed one.
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