A patient recently discharged from an alcohol rehabilitation program is brought to the hospital in a state of prostration with severe throbbing headache, tachycardia, a beet-red face, dyspnea, and continuous vomiting
The patient's significant other states the patient got sick about 15 minutes after drinking a glass of wine. The nurse should be guided in assessment by the suspicion that the patient:
a. Is having a stroke
b. Has alcohol intoxication
c. Is reacting to disulfiram (Antabuse)
d. Is exhibiting symptoms of cross-dependence
ANS: C
The alcohol deterrent drug, Antabuse, commonly prescribed in recovering alcoholic treat-ment, causes this reaction when taken in combination with alcohol. Alcohol intoxication, stroke, and cross-dependence do not present with the listed prostration symptoms.
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