KROK 1 2016 – Question 140 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
When ascending to the top of Elbrus, a mountain climber experiences oxygen starvation, dyspnea, palpitations, and numbness of the extremities. What kind of hypoxia has developed in the mountain climber?
- A. Circulatory
- B. Tissue
- C. Cardiac
- D. Hypoxic
- E. Hemic
Hint
Ask at which step of the oxygen pathway, from the atmosphere to the cell, the problem begins at high altitude.
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