KROK 1 2023 – Question 41 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A group of alpinists, who were climbing to the altitude of 5000 meters above sea level without oxygen equipment, developed tachycardia, decreased blood pressure, and rapid breathing. What hypoxia developed in the mountain climbers?
- A. Hypoxemic hypoxia
- B. Respiratory hypoxia
- C. Hemic hypoxia
- D. Tissue hypoxia
- E. Circulatory hypoxia
Hint
Consider what falls in the inspired air at high altitude and therefore in the oxygen tension of arterial blood, although the lungs, blood and heart are initially normal.
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