The nurse is caring for a patient who received succinylcholine during surgery
The nurse would expect the patient to spend more time in the postanesthesia care unit due to prolonged paralysis and inability to breathe if the patient was from what ethnic group? A) American Japanese
B) Alaskan Eskimos
C) Native Americans
D) Hawaiian natives
B
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Alaskan Eskimos belong to a genetic group that is predisposed to low plasma cholinesterase levels, making them susceptible to prolonged paralysis after succinylcholine use. The other ethnic groups do not have this genetic predisposition.
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