A 24-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department After Injuring

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Multiple Choice

A 24-year-old man comes to the emergency department after injuring his shoulder.  He was standing on a ladder hanging pictures in his living room when he lost his balance and fell, impacting his left shoulder on the hardwood floor.  Radiographs show an anterior dislocation of the humerus.  Reduction of the patient's dislocated joint is performed under procedural sedation with intravenous propofol.  A single bolus of propofol provides adequate sedation for the procedure, and he becomes clinically alert several minutes after administration.  Which of the following mechanisms most likely explains this patient's rapid recovery from anesthesia?

• A)Liver elimination of the drug
• B)Lung elimination of the drug
• C)Renal elimination of the drug
• D)Spontaneous degradation in plasma
• E)Tissue redistribution of the drug

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