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Carlos Gracia Is a 12-Year-Old Boy Scheduled for a Laparoscopic

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Carlos Gracia is a 12-year-old boy scheduled for a laparoscopic hernia repair.During the preoperative assessment and interview,the perioperative nurse notes that Carlos has mild myotonia congenita.Carlos' mother states that she is worried about the anesthesia because her husband's brother died many years ago when he became very feverish during surgery and they could not cool him.The perioperative nurse's appropriate risk reduction strategy in this situation would be to:


A) perform a careful assessment of family history to identify risk for developing malignant hyperthermia (MH) .
B) advise the anesthesia provider to find an alternative to succinylcholine and sevoflurane.
C) plan an inservice for the OR staff on MH crisis management.
D) pursue a physician order for a laboratory test to rule out MH.

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