KROK 1 2015 – Question 168 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 30-year-old man has sustained an injury to his thorax in a traffic incident, which caused disruption of his external respiration. What type of ventilatory difficulty can be observed in the given case?
- A. Restrictive pulmonary ventilatory impairment
- B. Restrictive extrapulmonary ventilatory impairment
- C. Cardiovascular collapse
- D. Obstructive ventilatory impairment
- E. Impaired ventilation regulation dysfunction
Hint
Think about which part of the respiratory apparatus is damaged by a thoracic injury and whether this limits lung expansion or airflow through the airways.
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