KROK 1 2012 – Question 142 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
As a result of a road accident a 26-year-old man is in the torpid phase of shock. Blood count: leukocytes - 3,2 · 10⁹/l. What is the leading mechanism of leukopenia development?
- A. Leukocyte destruction in the hematopoietic organs
- B. Leukocyte redistribution in the bloodstream
- C. Faulty release of mature leukocytes from the bone marrow into the blood
- D. Increased excretion of the leukocytes from the organism
- E. Leukopoiesis inhibition
Hint
Think about what the sluggish, centralised circulation of the torpid phase does to where the white cells are held, and how quickly trauma can produce such a change.
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