You are caring for a patient in hypovalemic shock who will require plasma expansion. What do you suspect the physician will order?
A)Cryoprecipitate
B)Packed red blood cells
C)Albumin
D)Platelets

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Albumin would be given as a plasma expander. Cryoprecipitate is used with hemophilia patients who are bleeding because it is rich in clotting factors. Platelets are used on patients who have a low platelet count and packed red blood cells are given to replace erythrocytes.

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