Question

A client is found to have a low hemoglobin and hematocrit when laboratory work was performed. what does the nurse understand the anemia may have resulted from? select all that apply.

Answer 1

If laboratory findings show that a patient has low hemoglobin and low hematocrit levels, the anemia may have resulted from any the following:

- Blood loss

- Inadequate erythrocyte (Red blood cell) production

- Abnormal erythrocyte production

- Hemolysis (The destruction of normally formed erythrocytes)