KROK 1 2014 – Question 180 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A public utility specialist went down into a sewer well without protection and after a while lost consciousness. Ambulance doctors diagnosed him with hydrogen sulfide intoxication. What type of hypoxia developed?
- A. Tissue
- B. Circulatory
- C. Overload
- D. Respiratory
- E. Hemic
Hint
Think about the step in the transport and utilisation of oxygen that this industrial toxic gas disrupts.
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