Multiple Choice
A woman has requested an epidural for her pain.She is 5 cm dilated and 100% effaced.The baby is in a vertex position and is engaged.The nurse increases the woman's IV fluid for a preprocedural bolus.The nurse reviews her laboratory values and notes that the woman's hemoglobin is 12 g/dl,hematocrit is 38%,platelets are 67,000,and white blood cells (WBCs) are 12,000/mm3.Which factor would contraindicate an epidural for this woman?
A) She is too far dilated.
B) She is anemic.
C) She has thrombocytopenia.
D) She is septic.
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