KROK 1 2008 – Question 88 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
An unconscious young man with signs of morphine poisoning entered admission office. His respiration is shallow and infrequent which is caused by inhibition of respiratory centre. What type of respiratory failure is it?
- A. Perfusive
- B. Ventilative restrictive
- C. Ventilative obstructive
- D. Diffusive
- E. Ventilative dysregulatory
Hint
Think about where opioids act on the breathing apparatus, and whether the primary defect lies in the neural drive to ventilation or in the airways and lung tissue themselves.
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