Question

A hospital client is receiving intravenous infusion of heparin for treatment of a pulmonary embolus. Which phenomenon is most likely occurring, resulting in the drug’s therapeutic effect?

Answer 1

Answer:

Suppreses fibrin formation

Explanation:

So as to understand this question very well, let us first define some basic terms in the question above.

===> HEPARIN: Heparin is a medication that is being used to prevent blood from clotting. Heparin can also used in the treatment of some heart and lung problems.

===> PULMONARY EMBOLUS: when there is blood clottings in the arteries of the lung the condition

is called pulmonary embolus.

Now that we now know this two basic terms in this question, we should be able to solve this question. Since, Heparin prevent blood from clotting which means that it is going to suppress what is going to cause the blood to clot which is Fibrin, that is to say Heparin will Suppress the formation of fibrin.