Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2009
A 43-year-old female patient was delivered to the hospital in grave condition. She suffers from Addison's disease. The patient had been regularly taking prednisolone but a week before she stopped taking this drug. Objectively: sopor, skin and visible mucous membranes are pigmented, skin and muscle turgor is lowered. Heart sounds are muffled, rapid. AP- 60/40 mm Hg, heart rate - 96/min. In blood: Na-120 millimole/l, K- 5,8 micromole/l. Development of this complication is primarily caused by the deficit of the following hormone:
Answer options
- Adrostendion
- Corticotropin (ACTH)
- Adrenaline
- Cortisol
- Noradrenaline
Correct answer
Cortisol
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