NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
TOXICOLOGY
Question
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Which of the following would affect a person the fastest?
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inhaling
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ingesting
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injecting
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absorbing
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Excessive breathing creates a low level of carbon dioxide in your blood. This causes many of the symptoms of hyperventilation. You may hyperventilate from an emotional cause such as during a panic attack. Or, it can be due to a medical problem, such as bleeding or infection.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inhalation anesthetics (nitrous oxide, halothane, isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane, most commonly used agents in practice today) are used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia in the operating room.
Detailed explanation-3: -For this reason, nitrous oxide has the fastest onset among inhalation agents (Figure 1).
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