A patient is admitted with bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract. The fluid volume compartment that will be effected first in this patient will be
1. intracellular.
2. intravascular.
3. interstitial.
4. transcellular.
2
Rationale: Intravascular fluid is one extracellular compartment that consists of plasma. In the case of bleeding, the fluid compartment that will be effected first will be the intravascular fluid. Intracellular fluid is that fluid found within the cells. Interstitial fluid is found between the cells. Transcellular fluid is cerebral spinal fluid, peritoneal fluid, and synovial fluid.
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