Current primary therapeutic rationale for using anticholinergic preoperative medication:

Usual anticholinergic drug doses for preoperative medication does not affect either gastric volume or pH

In using anticholinergic drugs as preoperative medication in a patient with glaucoma: drug least likely to have an effect on pupil size

Preferred anticholinergic drug when sedation is the principal objective, preoperatively:

Atropine: most likely to increase heart rate in this patient population:

Anticholinergic drug most likely to be used clinically to promote bronchodilation:

More effective in producing bronchodilation in patients with chronic bronchitis or emphysema:

Mydriasis without loss of accommodation

Management of severe bradycardia and A-V block associated with acute myocardial infarction:

Atropine is effective in blocking reflex cardiac slowing secondary to: