KROK 1 2007 – Question 69 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient who suffers from heart failure has enlarged liver, edemata of lower extremities, ascites. What is the leading mechanism in the development of this edema?
- A. Lymphogenous
- B. Hydrodynamic
- C. Colloid osmotic
- D. Membranogenic
- E. -
Hint
Consider which Starling force rises when the failing heart cannot empty the venous system, and how that changes fluid movement across the capillary wall.
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