The nurse's brief review of a patient's electronic health record indicates that the patient regularly undergoes therapeutic phlebotomy. Which of the following rationales for this procedure is most plausible?
A) The patient may chronically produce excess red blood cells.
B) The patient may frequently experience a low relative plasma volume.
C) The patient may have impaired stem cell function.
D) The patient may previously have undergone bone marrow biopsy.
Ans: A
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Persistently elevated hematocrit is an indication for therapeutic phlebotomy. It is not used to address excess or deficient plasma volume and is not related to stem cell function. Bone marrow biopsy is not an indication for therapeutic phlebotomy.
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