KROK 1 2023 – Question 21 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A man was hospitalized with abdominal pain and profuse salivation, sweating, and tears. Examination detects miosis. The day before, he was treating plants with a solution of an insecticidal substance without wearing personal protective equipment. The substance that has caused the poisoning in this case belongs to:
- A. Copper salts
- B. Organochlorine compounds
- C. Anticholinesterase agents
- D. Nitrates
- E. Nicotinic cholinomimetics
Hint
Salivation, lacrimation, sweating, abdominal cramps and pinpoint pupils are signs of excessive cholinergic (muscarinic) stimulation; ask which type of agricultural poison, readily absorbed through the skin, produces this picture.
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