TODAY’S TEST QUESTION:

CORRECT ANSWER:

A) COPD.

• Hypoxia is common in COPD.

• RBC contain hemoglobin that carries the oxygen.

• When there is decreased oxygen levels in the body, the body tries to compensate by making more RBCs.

• Elevated RBCs are also seen in dehydration, high altitudes, bone marrow over production, sleep apnea.

• The other answers listed above are more likely to see low RBCs than high RBCs

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