Your patient presents with postextubation stridor. You recommend racemic epinephrine for its
a. ?-adrenergic vasoconstricting effect.
b. short-acting ?2-adrenergic effect.
c. long-acting ?2-adrenergic effect.
d. ?1-adrenergic effect.
ANS: A
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a. Decrease the treatment frequency to 4 times/day. b. Increase her breathing rate to 12 to 15/min. c. Take a 30-sec rest period between breaths. d. Repeat the treatment every 30 min.
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Give Edecrin 75 milligrams daily in divided doses. Supply on hand is Edecrin 25 milligram tablets. The daily dose is ________
What will be an ideal response?
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