The OR nurse is taking the patient into the OR when the patient informs the operating nurse that his grandmother spiked a 104°F temperature in the OR and nearly died 15 years ago. What relevance does this information have regarding the patient?
A) The patient may be experiencing presurgical anxiety.
B) The patient may be at risk for malignant hyperthermia.
C) The grandmother's surgery has minimal relevance to the patient's surgery.
D) The patient may be at risk for a sudden onset of postsurgical infection.
Ans: B
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Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited muscle disorder chemically induced by anesthetic agents. Identifying patients at risk is imperative because the mortality rate is 50%. The patient's anxiety is not relevant, the grandmother's surgery is very relevant, and all patients are at risk for hypothermia.
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