KROK 1 2009 – Question 112 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Examination of a patient 24 hours after appendectomy revealed neutrophilic leukocytosis with a regenerative shift. What is the most likely mechanism of leukocytosis development?
- A. Redistribution of the leukocytes in the organism
- B. Deceleration of leukocyte breakdown
- C. Intensification of leukopoiesis
- D. Deceleration of leukocyte migration to the tissues
- E. Intensification of leukopoiesis and deceleration of leukocyte migration to the tissues
Hint
A regenerative shift means immature neutrophils are appearing in the blood; think where those cells come from within 24 hours of a stimulus.
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