A client with intermittent claudication is prescribed cilostazol by the primary health care provider. The nurse would expect to administer this drug cautiously if the client's history reveals which of the following?
A) Intermittent claudication
B) Pulmonary emboli
C) Myocardial infarction
D) Pancytopenia
Ans: D
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The nurse should administer cilostazol with caution to clients with pancytopenia. Anticoagulants are used for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary emboli, the adjuvant treatment of myocardial infarction, and the treatment of intermittent claudication.
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