The nurse practitioner is evaluating a client with a chief c…
The nurse practitioner is evaluating a client with a chief complaint of weakness, fatigue, and difficulty breathing during mild exercise. The client’s lab results indicate a low serum iron level, a low total iron binding capacity (TIBC), and a low hemoglobin level. The mean corpuscular hemoglobin count and mean corpuscular volume are both normal. What condition would the client’s symptoms and lab results most strongly indicate?
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A patient presents with abdominal discomfort, epigastric tenderness, and bleeding. Scope of the stomach reveals degeneration of the gastric mucosa in the body and fundus of the stomach. He is diagnosed with chronic fundal gastritis. Which of the following would most likely follow?
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