KROK 1 Stomatology 2012 – Question 191 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 26-year-old pregnant woman is under treatment at an in-patient hospital. After a continuous attack of vomiting she was found to have reduced volume of circulating blood. What kind of change in general blood volume is the case?
- A. Polycythemic hypovolemia
- B. Oligocythemic hypervolemia
- C. Oligocythemic hypovolemia
- D. Simple hypovolemia
- E. Polycythemic hypervolemia
Hint
Consider what is predominantly lost with repeated vomiting, plasma water or whole blood, and how that changes the haematocrit.
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