Phlebotomy Essentials
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ISBN: 9781451194524
Author: Ruth McCall, Cathee M. Tankersley MT(ASCP)
Publisher: JONES+BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC.
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A 27-year old woman of 35 wks gestation with gestational diabetes reports having headaches for the last day that will not go away. Discuss what questions you would ask the patient, and what further testing you would want to have performed.
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