Question 27 · LDEK · Medical emergencies in the dental office
During dental treatment the patient feels sudden dyspnea. Indicate the least probable cause:
- A. foreign body.
- B. anaphylaxis.
- C. arrhythmia.
- D. bronchial asthma.
- E. sudden cardiac arrest.
Hint
Dyspnoea is a subjective sensation; ask which condition would leave the patient unable to perceive or report it.
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