Your patient is having her NMBA reversed for the 12 hour res…
Your patient is having her NMBA reversed for the 12 hour response check. TOF is being utilized. You and the nurse note that there are 4 equal thumb twitches. You would note that the patient would be able to breathe on their own. When administering the next dose of NMBA, the dose would need to be much smaller.
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Your patient has status asthmaticus and was given a non-depolarizing agent to decrease her oxygen consumption. It is time to reverse the agent. You would want to be careful of secretions and bronchospasm. You should give albuterol only, as a pretreatment.
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