KROK 1 2018 – Question 99 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A patient with a chemical burn has developed esophageal stenosis. The patient presents with acute weight loss due to problematic food intake. Blood test: erythrocytes - 3.0 · 10¹²/L, Hb- 106 g/L, total protein - 57 g/L. What type of starvation does this patient suffer from?
- A. Water starvation
- B. Absolute starvation
- C. Complete starvation
- D. Incomplete starvation
- E. Protein starvation
Hint
Ask whether the patient receives food at all, in what amount compared with needs, and whether water is available, in order to classify the type of starvation.
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