Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2004
A 56-year-old patient with cardiac failure notices edematous feet and shins, the skin in the place of edema is pale and cold. What is the leading pathogenesis of this patients edema?
Answer options
- Reduced oncotic pressure in capillaries
- Positive water balance
- Increased hydrostatic pressure in venulaes
- Lymph outflow impairment
- Increased capillary penetration
Correct answer
Increased hydrostatic pressure in venulaes
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