Chemotherapeutic agents often produce a degree of myelosuppression including leukopenia. Leukopenia does not present immediately but is delayed several days or weeks because:
A.
the client’s hemoglobin and hematocrit are normal.
B.
red blood cells are affected first.
C.
folic acid levels are normal.
D.
the current white cell count is not affected by chemotherapy.
Time is required to clear circulating cells before the effect that chemotherapeutic drugs have on precursor cellmaturation in the bone marrow becomes evident. Leukopenia is an abnormally low white blood cell count. Choices 1, 2, and 3 pertain to red blood cells.Pharmacological Therapies
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