The Client Has an Extensive History of Alcoholism

question 12

Multiple Choice

The client has an extensive history of alcoholism. He is having coronary bypass surgery. While caring for this patient post -operatively the nurse notes that the client requires higher -than -usual amounts of the drug. The nurse correctly evaluates this response as what phenomenon?

• A) The client had developed cross -tolerance to the anesthesia, and will require higher amounts.
• B) The client has developed a resistance to the anesthesia, so it will not work very well.
• C) The client has developed a paradoxical reaction to the anesthesia, and will require a different drug.
• D) The anesthetist most likely did not calculate the correct amount of anesthesia for this client.

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