A 55-Year-Old Woman Has Arrived for an Outpatient Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

question 10

Multiple Choice

A 55-year-old woman has arrived for an outpatient esophagogastroduodenoscopy.She is assessed by the perioperative nurse to be in good health and is listed as American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) class I.The patient changes into her gown and awaits transfer to the procedure room when she is informed that she will not be transferred to the procedure room until __________ and must wait for ________.

• A) she is typed and screened; type and crossmatch
• B) her ride home arrives; a responsible adult
• C) she is NPO for 2 more hours; a bowel prep
• D) her esophagus is cleansed; return of gag reflex

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