The operating room nurse is developing the care plan for a 10-year-old child with asthma who is scheduled for a tonsillectomy and who will receive halothane as the anesthetic agent. Why is this an appropriate drug for this patient?
A) Halothane is metabolized in the liver.
B) Halothane dilates the bronchi.
C) Halothane is excreted unchanged in the urine.
D) Halothane causes an accumulation of secretions.
B
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Halothane is of particular benefit to a child with asthma because it dilates bronchi. Halothane is inhaled drug so it is not metabolized in the liver or excreted in the urine. It does not cause an accumulation of secretions.
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