KROK 1 2015 – Question 175 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient visited a dentist to extract a tooth. After the tooth had been extracted, bleeding from the tooth socket continued for 15 minutes. Anamnesis states that the patient suffers from active chronic hepatitis. What phenomenon can extend the time of hemorrhage?
- A. Decrease of albumine content in blood
- B. Increased activity of anticoagulation system
- C. Decrease of fibrinogen content in blood
- D. Hypocalcemia
- E. Thrombocytopenia
Hint
Consider which clotting proteins are made by the diseased organ and how failing synthetic function would prolong bleeding after the extraction.
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