A 43-year-old woman presents to her physician with a 3-week history of fatigue, constant headache, and low grade fever. Selected laboratory results include: 11eb5b20_e1a5_e9fe_a06e_db3c92c5556c_SM1212_00 Peripheral blood smear showed schistocytes. Which of the following drugs that the patient was taking could cause these symptoms and lab values? (Objectives 2, 4) A) ticlopidine B) aspirin C) estrogens D) quinine

Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011

Clinical Laboratory Hematology 3rd Edition by Shirlyn McKenzie, Lynne Williams

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0133076011

Exercise 1

A 43-year-old woman presents to her physician with a 3-week history of fatigue, constant headache, and low grade fever. Selected laboratory results include:

Peripheral blood smear showed schistocytes. Which of the following drugs that the patient was taking could cause these symptoms and lab values? (Objectives 2, 4)
A) ticlopidine
B) aspirin
C) estrogens
D) quinine

Explanation

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Aspirin is a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-i...