A Patient Will Be Undergoing Surgery with the Use of Succinylcholine

question 75

Multiple Choice

A patient will be undergoing surgery with the use of succinylcholine as an anesthetic agent.Which test should the nurse expect the health-care provider to order to rule out increased risk for anesthesia-induced apnea due to a congenital deficiency?

• A)Prolactin
• B)Prostate-specific antigen (PSA)
• C)Pseudocholinesterase
• D)Pyruvate kinase (PK)

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