A health care provider is reviewing an order for meperidine (Demerol), 100 mg IM. Which of the following diagnoses would lead the provider to question the order?
a. Head injury
b. Fractured tibia
c. Cholelithiasis
d. Colon cancer
ANS: A
All opioids produce adverse reactions that obscure the clinical course of patients with head inju-ries.
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