An automated platelet count is 40,000 per microliter, but the patient has no bleeding and the smear shows larg…

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An automated platelet count is 40,000 per microliter, but the patient has no bleeding and the smear shows large platelet clumps. What is the most appropriate action?

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보기 4: Recollect the specimen in sodium citrate and correct for dilution

A platelet count of 40,000 without bleeding, together with large platelet clumps on the smear, indicates EDTA-dependent platelet clumping causing pseudothrombocytopenia. The result is not a true value, so it must not be reported or called as a critical value. Recollect in citrate and correct for the dilution.

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보기 1: Report the result as obtained without further comment

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보기 2: Perform a bleeding time to assess platelet function

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보기 3: Report the result immediately as a critical value to the ordering provider

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