The nurse explains to ancillary staff that caffeine abuse is difficult to diagnose in the older adult patient because caffeine intoxication symptoms
a. can be confused with normal effects of aging.
b. often mimic those of some cardiac dis-orders.
c. produce fewer symptoms in older adults than in younger adults.
d. resemble the side effects of several anti-hypertensive drugs.
B
Caffeine stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, often producing the rapid pulse associated with cardiac disorders. Caffeine effects are not mistaken for normal signs of aging, produce few-er symptoms in older adults, or resemble side effects of antihypertensives.
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