KROK 1 2013 – Question 137 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A pneumonia patient has been administered acetylcysteine as a part of complex therapy. What principle of therapy was taken into consideration when applying this drug?
- A. Pathogenetic
- B. Etiotropic
- C. Immunomodulatory
- D. Symptomatic
- E. Antimicrobial
Hint
Consider what acetylcysteine does to bronchial secretions, then ask at which level of the disease process that action intervenes.
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