KROK 1 2021 – Question 11 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
During a surgery with application of inhalation narcosis and muscle relaxants, the anesthesiologist noticed rapid increase of the patient’s body temperature to 43°C. What pathology developed in this patient?
- A. Hyperthermic syndrome
- B. Infection-induced fever
- C. Physical hyperthermia
- D. Overheating
- E. Traumatic shock
Hint
Think of a reaction triggered by the anaesthetic agents and relaxants themselves in a predisposed patient, rather than by infection, trauma or external heat.
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