The nurse is teaching a patient with myasthenia gravis how to recognize a cholinergic crisis. The nurse should include which of the following signs and symptoms? (Select all that apply.)
a. Abdominal cramping
b. Diarrhea
c. Difficulty speaking
d. Salivation
e. Increased bronchial secretions
f. Vomiting
ANS: A, B, D, E, F
Symptoms of cholinergic crisis can be remembered with the acronym SLUDGE: salivation, lacrimation, urination, diarrhea, gastrointestinal cramping, and emesis. A severe crisis has been described as "liquid pouring out of every body orifice."
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