A 66-year-old female client has presented to the emergency department because of several months of intermittenty bloody stool which has recently become worse. The woman has since been diagnosed with a gastrointestinal bleed secondary to overuse of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that she takes for her arthritis. The health care team would realize that which situation is most likely?
a. She will have iron-deficiency anemia due to depletion of iron stores.
b. The client will be at risk for cardiovascular collapse or shock.
c. She will have delayed reticulocyte release.
d. The woman has depleted blood volume due to her ongoing blood loss.