KROK 1 2007 – Question 32 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 12 y.o. boy who suffers from bronchial asthma has an acute attack of asthma: evident expiratory dyspnea, skin pallor. What type of alveolar ventilation disturbance is it?
- A. Restrictive
- B. Central
- C. Thoracodiaphragmatic
- D. Obstructive
- E. Neuromuscular
Hint
Think about what narrows the bronchi in an asthma attack and why exhalation, rather than inhalation, becomes laboured.
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