The operating room nurse is taking the patient into the operating room when the patient says his grandmother almost died from a high fever in surgery 15 years ago
The nurse shares this information with the surgical team, recognizing this information indicates the patient is at risk for what? A) An allergic reaction to anesthesia
B) Malignant hyperthermia
C) Anxiety
D) Hypothermia
B
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The nurse assesses for a personal or family history of malignant hyperthermia, which may be triggered by the use of general anesthetics. Identifying patients at risk is imperative because the mortality rate is very high. All of these drugs have the potential to trigger malignant hyperthermia and should be used with caution in any patient at high risk. The patient's anxiety is to be expected, all patients are at risk for hypothermia because they are often uncovered in a cold room. Allergy to anesthesia must always be considered a possibility but there is no indication of a higher than normal risk in this patient.
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