A Client with Myasthenia Gravis Demonstrates Diplopia, Ptosis, and Dysphagia

question 3

Multiple Choice

A client with myasthenia gravis demonstrates diplopia, ptosis, and dysphagia. The client is ordered to receive pyridostigmine bromide (Mestinon) . What would indicate a positive outcome?

• A) Increase in the ability to sleep
• B) Decrease in muscle weakness
• C) Increase in hemiparesis
• D) Decrease in metabolic rate

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Definitions:

Tubular Reabsorption

Water and solutes move from the filtrate inside a kidney tubule into the peritubular capillaries.

Proximal Tubule

A segment of the nephron in the kidney where a major portion of the reabsorption of water, ions, and nutrients from the filtrate back into the bloodstream occurs.

Glomerulus

A network of capillaries located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney, where blood filtration takes place.

Nephron

A kidney tubule and associated capillaries; filters blood and forms urine.