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People taking phenothiazines need to be assessed for extrapyramidal symptoms. What effects are considered adverse effects of the phenothiazines?
 
  A) Dysphoria, anxiety, and dizziness
  B) Drowsiness, dystonia, and blurred vision
  C) Dry mouth, blurred vision, and urinary retention
  D) Hypertension, confusion, and shuffling gait

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A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old child who is receiving a barbiturate. What common adverse effect would the nurse assess for?
 
  A) Decrease in respirations
  B) Vomiting
  C) Excitability
  D) Dry mucous membranes



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Adverse effects include drowsiness, dystonia, photophobia, blurred vision, and discolored pink to red-brown urine. Adverse effects of the phenothiazines do not include dysphoria, urinary retention, or confusion.

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The barbiturates, being older drugs, have established pediatric dosages. These drugs must be used with caution because of the often unexpected responses. Children must be monitored very closely for central nervous system (CNS) depression and excitability. The most common adverse effects are related to general CNS depression. Other CNS effects may include drowsiness, somnolence, lethargy, ataxia, vertigo, a feeling of a hangover, thinking abnormalities, paradoxical excitement, anxiety, and hallucinations. Alteration in respirations and dried mucous membranes are adverse effects of antihistamines, which can be given to calm children or induce sleep. Vomiting could occur with the use of paraldehyde due to the unpleasant taste and odor of the drug.





 

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