KROK 1 2014 – Question 151 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has severe blood loss caused by an injury. What kind of dehydration will be observed in this particular case?
- A. Iso-osmolar
- B. Hyposmolar
- C. Hyperosmolar
- D. Normosmolar
- E. -
Hint
Consider how whole blood compares with plasma in its proportion of water to solutes, and what its loss therefore does to the concentration of the remaining body fluids.
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