KROK 1 2013 – Question 161 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
In a car accident a man got injured and lost a lot of blood. What changes in peripheral blood are most likely to occur on the 2nd day after the injury?
- A. Anisocytosis
- B. Significant reticulocytosis
- C. Erythropenia
- D. Microplania
- E. Hypochromia
Hint
Think about how the vascular volume is refilled from the tissues in the first day or two after a haemorrhage, and what that does to the number of cells per litre of blood.
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