KROK 1 2014 – Question 165 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient has acute bronchitis. The fever up to 38.5 °C had lasted for a week, presently there is a decrease in temperature down to 37.0 °C. Specify the leading mechanism in the 3rd stage of fever:
- A. Increased diuresis
- B. Increased respiratory rate
- C. Peripheral vasodilation
- D. Development of chill
- E. Increased heat production
Hint
In the stage where the set point returns toward normal, ask whether heat production or heat loss predominates and which vascular response achieves the cooling.
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