KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 46 · KROK (Dentistry)
An employee was working with radioactive substances and as a result of an incident he was irradiated with 4 Gy. He complains about headache, nausea, dizziness. What changes of blood formula can be expected 10 hours after irradiation?
- A. Lymphocytosis
- B. Neutrophilic leukocytosis
- C. Neutropenia
- D. Leukopenia
- E. Agranulocytosis
Hint
Consider the earliest haematological reaction in the first hours of acute radiation sickness, before the bone marrow stem pool becomes depleted.
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