A prescriber has combined succinylcholine (Anectine) with an inhalation anesthetic. A nurse understands that the patient should be monitored for what physiological risk?
a. Cardiac dysrhythmias
b. Malignant hyperthermia
c. Hepatotoxicity
d. Aspiration of gastric contents
D
Succinylcholine relaxes the throat and gag reflex to facilitate intubation, but it also increases the risk of aspiration of gastric contents.
Succinylcholine, combined with an inhalation anesthetic, does not put the patient at risk for car-diac dysrhythmias, malignant hyperthermia, or hepatotoxicity.
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