KROK 1 2011 – Question 188 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 26-year-old man is in the torpid shock phase as a result of a car accident. In blood: 3,2 · 10⁹/l. What is the leading mechanism of leukopenia development?
- A. Lysis of leukocytes in the blood-forming organs
- B. Redistribution of leukocytes in bloodstream
- C. Leukopoiesis inhibition
- D. Intensified elimination of leukocytes from the organism
- E. Disturbed going out of mature leukocytes from the marrow into the blood
Hint
Consider how quickly the white-cell count falls in torpid shock and what the sluggish microcirculation does to the cells inside the vessels.
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