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문제
A nurse is assessing a 12-year-old child with suspected aplastic anemia. Which assessment finding would be most indicative of this condition?
A 12-year-old child presents to the pediatric hematology clinic with a 3-week history of increasing fatigue, easy bruising, and frequent nosebleeds. The child's parents report that the child has been unusually pale and has had several minor infections that seem to take longer than usual to resolve.
1Enlarged lymph nodes and splenomegaly
2Jaundice and dark-colored urine
3Pancytopenia with normal-sized spleen✓ 정답
4Blast cells present in peripheral blood smear
해설
Pancytopenia (decreased red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets) with a normal-sized spleen is the hallmark finding in aplastic anemia, distinguishing it from other hematological conditions.