KROK 1 2020 – Question 37 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Clinical blood testing is recommended to be done in the morning and on an empty stomach. What change in the blood composition is likely if a blood sample was obtained after a meal?
- A. Increased number of plasma proteins
- B. Decreased platelet count
- C. Increased leukocyte count
- D. Increased erythrocyte count
- E. Decreased erythrocyte count
Hint
Consider which blood component is physiologically mobilised by digestion, and why a fasting morning sample is used as the standard reference.
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