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What are the primary goals of preoperative evaluation and preparation?
What are the primary goals of preoperative evaluation and preparation?
- Assessment of the patient’s shoe size
- Evaluation of the patient's favorite color
- Assessment of the patient’s age
- Documentation of the condition(s) for which surgery is needed (correct)
What is a key factor in improving outcome and lowering the length of hospital stay as well as the total costs of patients care?
What is a key factor in improving outcome and lowering the length of hospital stay as well as the total costs of patients care?
- Ignoring the stress response to surgery and trauma
- Increasing the stress response to surgery and trauma
- Decreasing the stress response to surgery and trauma (correct)
- Exaggerating the stress response to surgery and trauma
What are surgical procedures and administration of anesthesia associated with?
What are surgical procedures and administration of anesthesia associated with?
- No stress response
- A simple stress response
- A delayed stress response
- A complex stress response (correct)
What may be a major contributory factor to the primary causes of perioperative mortality?
What may be a major contributory factor to the primary causes of perioperative mortality?
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