CCRN Critical Care Nursing

Category - Pediatrics

The nurse scans the laboratory values of a pediatric client with rheumatic fever. Which data should be treated as insignificant:
  1. positive antistreptolysin titer
  2. positive C-reactive protein
  3. elevated reticulocyte count
  4. elevated ESR
Explanation
Answer: C - This is related to anemia. There would be a positive titer as a result of previous exposure to streptococcal infection; possitive C-reactive protein and elevated ESR are indicative of inflammatory process.
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