A patient received inhalation anesthesia during surgery. Postoperatively the nurse should monitor the patient for which complication?
a. Tachypnea
b. Myoclonus
c. Hypertension
d. Laryngospasm
ANS: D
Possible complications of inhalation anesthetics include coughing, laryngospasm, and increased secretions. Hypertension and tachypnea are not associated with general anesthetics. Myoclonus may occur with nonbarbiturate hypnotics but not with the inhalation agents.
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