To provide an extra margin of safety during continuous bronchodilator therapy (CBT), which of the following would you recommend be monitored?
1. Eosinophil count
2. Serum potassium levels
3. Electrocardiogram
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3
ANS: C
To provide an extra margin of safety, some clinicians recommend that patients receiving CBT undergo continuous electrocardiographic monitoring and measurement of serum potassium level every 4 hr.
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