KROK 1 2021 – Question 98 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
On the third day after gastric resection, the patient developed intestinal atony. What medicine should be used in this case?
- A. Proserine (Neostigmine)
- B. Pirilenum (Pempidine)
- C. No-Spa (Drotaverine)
- D. Benzohexonium (Hexamethonium)
- E. Atropine sulfate
Hint
Postoperative paralytic ileus needs a drug that restores gut tone and peristalsis; consider the net effect of each option on parasympathetic stimulation of the intestinal wall.
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