A patient who has undergone a lengthy surgical procedure under general anesthesia is unable to breathe on his own following the procedure. Which drug will the nurse expect to be administered as an antidote to the neuromuscular-blocking agent?
a. Dantrolene (Dantrium)
b. Neostigmine methylsulfate (Prostigmin)
c. Ether
d. Baclofen (Lioresal)
ANS: B
Neostigmine methylsulfate is an antidote to neuromuscular-blocking agents. Additional measures to implement include artificial respirations with oxygen and atropine sulfate for bradycardia and hypotension. Dantrolene is a direct-acting skeletal muscle relaxant given for the treatment of neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with the use of antipsychotic agents. Ether is a general anesthetic. Baclofen is a skeletal muscle relaxant.
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