KROK 1 2023 – Question 111 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
A patient complains of frequent bleeding from the gums. Blood test detects deficiency of blood coagulation factor II (prothrombin). What phase of blood coagulation is primarily disturbed in this patient?
- A. Fibrinolysis
- B. Fibrin formation
- C. Prothrombinase formation
- D. Thrombin formation
- E. Clot retraction
Hint
Consider the three phases of the coagulation cascade and which phase depends directly on conversion of the missing factor into its active enzyme form.
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