KROK 1 2020 – Question 118 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient with heart failure developed edema. What is the main pathogenetic link of edema development in this case?
- A. Changes in oncotic and osmotic blood pressure
- B. Stagnation of blood
- C. Increased vascular permeability
- D. Increased circulating blood volume
- E. Decrease of cardiac output
Hint
Think about which force driving fluid out of the capillaries rises first when the heart cannot move forward what it receives.
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