KROK 1 2014 – Question 147 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
The resuscitation unit has admitted a patient in grave condition. It is known that he had mistakenly taken sodium fluoride which blocks cytochrome oxidase. What type of hypoxia developed in the patient?
- A. Hypoxic
- B. Respiratory
- C. Cardiovascular
- D. Tissue
- E. Hemic
Hint
Compare oxygen delivery with oxygen utilisation: ask at which step between the lungs and the mitochondria the process is blocked in this poisoning.
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