Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011
After a 10-year-old child had been bitten by a bee, he was delivered to a hospital. There were lip, face and neck edemata. The patient felt hot and short of breath. Objectively: breathing was laboured and noisy. There were foamy discharges from the mouth, cough. The skin was pale and cold. There was bradypnoea. Heart sounds were muffled and arrhythmic. Thready pulse was present. What diagnosis was made by the expert in resuscitation?
Answer options
- Anaphylactic shock
- Acute cardiovascular collapse
- Bronchial asthma
- Cerebral coma
- Quincke’s edema
Correct answer
Anaphylactic shock
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