Conceptual Q ----------------- physio - irfanmir

[ArchivalUser]

38 yrs old man has multiple crush injury and the ruptured spleen from the motor accident. he is hypovolemic secondary to assive blood loss. over the last hr, the pt has recieved 5 liter of normal saline, while blood is being available for transfusion. u would expect the pt to have.

A Normal MCV
B Normal RBC mass
C Normal RBC count
D Normal Hb and Hct
E elevetaed reticulocyte count

[ArchivalUser]

Think AA

[ArchivalUser]

aaa...ruling out others

[ArchivalUser]

aa

[ArchivalUser]

why not E?

he has to mobilize his stem cell to produce RBC, it takes 1 week from reticulate to mature RBC

[ArchivalUser]

tats y his retic count shud be normal rite nw..u urself gave the answer of ur query mate

[ArchivalUser]

a..

[ArchivalUser]

right answer is A