KROK 1 2020 – Question 112 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient developed left ventricular heart failure. What compensatory responses in the patient’s body will be aimed at the prevention of pulmonary edema?
- A. Blood accumulation in the systemic veins
- B. Increased central venous pressure
- C. Decreased peripheral resistance in the systemic arterioles
- D. Reflex spasm of the pulmonary arterioles and decrease of blood pressure in the pulmonary microvasculature
- E. Increased permeability of the pulmonary capillaries
Hint
Ask which compensatory change would reduce the filtration of fluid out of the lung capillaries, rather than promote it or merely move the problem to the systemic circulation.
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