General Surgery: Preoperative Assessment
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Inadequate preoperative preparation of the patient</p> Signup and view all the answers

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