Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2013
At the end of the working day a worker of a hot work shop has been delivered to a hospital. The patient complains of a headache, dizziness, nausea, general weakness. Objectively: the patient is conscious, his skin is hyperemic, dry, hot to the touch. Heart rate is of 130/min. Respiration is rapid, superficial. What disorder of thermoregulation is most likely to have occurred in this patient?
Answer options
- Reduced heat production with no changes to the heat transfer
- Reduced heat transfer
- Increased heat transfer and reduced heat production
- Increased heat transfer and heat production
- Increased heat production with no changes to the heat transfer
Correct answer
Reduced heat transfer
Explanation
The symptoms show that there was no heat loss from the patient. No heat transfer occurred.
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