Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2015
A 29-year-old female patient complains of dyspnea, heaviness and chest pain on the right, body temperature rise up to 37,2°C. The disease is associated with a chest trauma received 4 days ago. Objectively: skin is pale and moist. Heart rate is 90 bpm, regular. Palpation reveals a dull sound on the right, auscultation reveals significantly weakened vesicular breathing. In blood: RBCs - 2,8 × 1012/l, colour index - 0,9, Hb-100 g/l, WBCs - 8,0 × 109/l, ESR -17 mm/h. What results of diagnostic puncture of the pleural cavity can be expected?
Answer options
- Exudate
- Chylous liquid
- Haemorrhagic punctate
- Transudate
- Purulent punctate
Correct answer
Haemorrhagic punctate
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