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10/07/06 - 06:38 PM             #1

<10>A patient with mild congestive heart failure is treated with high-dose
furosemide and diureses 25 pounds of fluid. A complete blood count (CBC)
taken before the diuresis shows an RBC count of 4 million/mm3; a CBC
taken after diuresis shows a RBC count of 7 million/mm3. Which of the
following is the most likely explanation?
A. Cyanotic heart disease
B. Increased erythropoietin
C. Polycythemia vera
D. Relative polycythemia
E. Renal cell carcinoma


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10/07/06 - 06:50 PM             #2

D. Relative polycythemia

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01/25/08 - 02:48 PM             #3

hahaha......relative polycythemia....whtelse doc....

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01/25/08 - 11:22 PM             #4

It's obvious : D

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