Multiple Choice
The nurse suspects that an acute postoperative infectious process may be developing in your older adult patient.What abnormal finding best supports this suspicion?
A) A thrombocyte count of 40,000/mm3
B) Decreasing erythrocyte sedimentation rate of 10 to 20 mm/hr
C) Increasing C-reactive protein level
D) Increased partial prothrombin time
Correct Answer:
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