KROK 1 Stomatology 2015 – Question 197 · KROK (Dentistry)
A 54-year-old patient with viral hepatitis has complication of hepatic coma caused by massive necrosis of liver epithelial cells. What kind of hepatic coma is it characteristic of?
- A. Ketoacidotic
- B. Parenchymatous
- C. Shunt
- D. Porto-caval
- E. Mixed type
Hint
Link the cause of the coma to its mechanism: is the liver tissue itself destroyed, or is blood bypassing the liver?
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