Review of a patient's medical record reveals a diagnosis of anemic hypoxia. Which condition would the nurse suspect was the underlying cause of this diagnosis?
1. Reduced production of erythropoietin
2. Airway obstruction
3. Pneumonia
4. Right-to-left shunt in the heart
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Rationale 1: Erythropoietin stimulates the production of red blood cells. An inadequate supply of erythropoietin results in anemia and can cause anemic hypoxia.
Rationale 2: Airway obstruction results in hypoxic hypoxia.
Rationale 3: Pneumonia is a pulmonary dysfunction that would result in hypoxic hypoxemia.
Rationale 4: A right-to-left shunt in the heart results in hypoxic hypoxia.
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