Question 132 · LEK · Cross-cutting topics
Peripheral cyanosis is not a consequence of:
- A. significant hypothermia.
- B. aortic stenosis.
- C. Buerger's disease.
- D. methemoglobinemia.
- E. cardiogenic shock.
Hint
Distinguish cyanosis from slow peripheral flow and high tissue oxygen extraction from cyanosis caused by abnormal hemoglobin in arterial blood.
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