KROK 1 2017 – Question 76 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
Poisoning caused by mercury (II) chloride (corrosive sublimate) occurred in the result of safety rules violation. In 2 days the patient’s diurnal diuresis became 620 ml. The patient developed headache, vomiting, convulsions, dyspnea; moist crackles are observed in the lungs. Name this pathology:
- A. Chronic renal failure
- B. Glomerulonephritis
- C. Uremic coma
- D. Pyelonephritis
- E. Acute renal failure
Hint
Consider the time course from the poison exposure to oliguria and uraemic symptoms, and which part of the nephron mercury salts damage, to judge whether the process is abrupt or gradual.
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