KROK 1 2021 – Question 113 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A 50-year-old man has undergone a surgery for gastric cancer. Complex anesthesia included dithylin (suxamethonium iodide). After the surgery was over, dithylin effect continued. Why is proserine (neostigmine) contraindicated in case of dithylin overdose?
- A. Increases synaptic membrane depolarization
- B. Reduces acetylcholine effect
- C. Causes intestinal colic
- D. Reactivates acetylcholinesterase
- E. May cause bronchospasm
Hint
Remember what kind of neuromuscular block suxamethonium produces and what an anticholinesterase does to the acetylcholine level at the end plate.
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