KROK 1 2012 – Question 76 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A nurse accidentally injected a nearly double dose of insulin to a patient with diabetes mellitus. The patient lapsed into a hypoglycemic coma. What drug should be injected in order to help him out of coma?
- A. Somatotropin
- B. Insulin
- C. Lidase
- D. Glucose
- E. Noradrenaline
Hint
Ask which substance is critically low in this coma and what is the quickest way to restore it for the brain.
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