KROK 1 2013 – Question 32 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Measurements of the arterial pCO2 and pO2 during an attack of bronchial asthma revealed hypercapnia and hypoxemia respectively. What kind of hypoxia occurred in this case?
- A. Tissue
- B. Circulatory
- C. Hemic
- D. Histotoxic
- E. Respiratory
Hint
Look at the arterial gas values and ask at which step of the oxygen pathway, from air to tissue, the first defect appears.
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