KROK 1 2008 – Question 181 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 26 year old man is in the torpid shock phase as a result of a car accident. In blood: leukocytes 3.2 · 10⁹/l. What is the leading mechanism of leukopenia development?
- A. Leukopoiesis inhibition
- B. Disturbed going out of mature leukocytes from the marrow into the blood
- C. Intensified elimination of leukocytes from the organism
- D. Redistribution of leukocytes in bloodstream
- E. Lysis of leukocytes in the blood-forming organs
Hint
In torpid shock the microcirculation slows and cells accumulate in vessels of internal organs, so think about where the missing white cells physically are.
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