Question 28 (part 2) · LEK · Opioids
In an adult patient, pinpoint pupils of less than 1 mm in diameter are characteristic of:
- A. overdose of opioids.
- B. intussusception of the hippocampal gyrus.
- C. metabolic disorders.
- D. changes in the midbrain.
- E. hypothermia.
Hint
Think of the drug class that produces the triad of coma, respiratory depression and extreme miosis.
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