KROK 1 2008 – Question 90 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient is 44 years old. Laboratory examination of his blood revealed that content of proteins in plasma was 40 g/l. What influence will be exerted on the transcapillary water exchange?
- A. Both filtration and reabsorption will be increased
- B. Both filtration and reabsorption will be decreased
- C. Filtration will be decreased, reabsorption - increased
- D. Filtration will be increased, reabsorption - decreased
- E. Exchange will stay unchanged
Hint
Apply the Starling forces: consider how a marked fall in plasma protein changes the force that holds fluid inside the capillary at both its arterial and venous ends.
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