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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