Massive transfusion in healthy adult male can cause hemorrhage due to: March 2011
Correct Answer: Dilutional thrombocytopenia
Description: Ans. B: Dilutional thrombocytopenia Massive blood transfusion causes dilutional coagulopathies especially dilutional thrombocytopenia (stored blood has no platelets and concentration of other clotting factors is also very less)
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