A 77-year-old patient with hypothyroidism is undergoing right knee replacement surgery. The nurse caring for this patient knows that all patients with hypothyroidism have a prolonged reaction to what type of medication?
A) Antibiotics
B) Antihypertensive agents
C) Anticholenergic agents
D) Anesthetic agents
Ans: D
Feedback: In all patients with hypothyroidism, the effects of analgesic agents, sedatives, and anesthetic agents are prolonged; special caution is necessary in administering these agents to elderly patients because of concurrent changes in liver and renal function. This makes options A, B, and C incorrect.
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