KROK 1 2017 – Question 34 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 30-year-old man complains of suffocation, heaviness in the chest on the right, general weakness. Body temperature is 38,9°C. Objectively the right side of the chest lags behind the left side during respiration. Pleurocentesis yielded exudate. What is the leading factor of exudation in the patient?
- A. Erythrocyte aggregation
- B. Increased blood pressure
- C. Increased permeability of the vessel wall
- D. Decreased resorption of pleural fluid
- E. Hypoproteinemia
Hint
Fever and an exudate rather than a transudate suggest inflammation; think about which microvascular change allows protein-rich fluid to leave the circulation.
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