Reattachment of ascending colon, percutaneous endoscopic approach

Procedure codes group and identify diseases and illnesses in order to track morbidity and mortality

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Your patient, a known alcoholic, has developed a cardiac arrhythmia that you intend to treat with synchronized cardioversion. Because he is awake, you decide to administer diazepam to ease this experience. However, you find that to induce the desired state you must administer more than twice the normal dose of diazepam. This condition is known as:

A) cumulative effect. B) cross tolerance. C) tachyphylaxis. D) idiosyncrasy.