A middle-aged female patient has been admitted to the outpatient treatment unit of the hospital for an edrophonium (Tensilon) test
Shortly after the administration of the medication, the patient reports that her muscle strength is significantly weaker than before the test. The nurse who is participating in the test should recognize that this finding is suggestive of what diagnosis? A) Alzheimer's disease
B) Anticholinergic crisis
C) Myasthenia gravis
D) Cholinergic crisis
D
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If the edrophonium test makes the patient even weaker, the diagnosis is cholinergic crisis.
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