KROK 1 2010 – Question 1 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
An unconscious patient was delivered to the admission ward. Objectively: the patient’s skin is cold, pupils are myotic, he has laboured Cheyne-Stokes respiration, arterial pressure is low, urinary bladder is full. What substance has caused intoxication?
- A. Tranquilizers
- B. Muscarinic receptor blockers
- C. Narcotic analgetics
- D. Non-narcotic analgetics
- E. -
Hint
Put the pupil size, the breathing pattern and the urinary retention together and ask which pharmacological group produces exactly this combination of signs.
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