KROK 1 2013 – Question 79 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
In order to stimulate breathing in a child born with asphyxia, the doctor gave him a drug injection into the umbilical vein. What drug might have been injected?
- A. Coffeinum
- B. Cordiaminum
- C. Corazolum
- D. Sulfocamphocainum
- E. Aethimizolum
Hint
Think about which type of drug directly excites the medullary respiratory centre and is safe enough to be injected into a newborn through the umbilical vein.
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