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What is the purpose of bariatric surgery?
What is the purpose of bariatric surgery?
- To repair a broken bone
- To improve a patient's mental health
- To remove cancerous tumors
- To help patients lose weight and improve their health (correct)
What is autologous donation?
What is autologous donation?
- The process of donating blood for someone else's use during surgery
- The process of donating blood for one's own use during surgery (correct)
- The process of donating an organ for someone else's use during surgery
- The process of donating an organ for one's own use during surgery
What is the ASA Physical Status Classification System used for?
What is the ASA Physical Status Classification System used for?
- To monitor a patient's vital signs during surgery
- To diagnose a patient's medical condition
- To determine a patient's blood type
- To classify a patient's health status prior to surgery (correct)
What is the purpose of the American Society of Peri Anesthesia Nurses?
What is the purpose of the American Society of Peri Anesthesia Nurses?
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Which of the following is a potential complication of surgery?
Which of the following is a potential complication of surgery?
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What is conscious sedation?
What is conscious sedation?
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What is carboxyhemoglobin?
What is carboxyhemoglobin?
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Study Notes
- Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases are important in surgery.
- Ambulatory patients are those who do not require an overnight stay in the hospital.
- ASA Physical Status Classification System is used to classify a patient's health status prior to surgery.
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Peri Anesthesia Nurses, and Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses are professional organizations related to surgery.
- Atelectasis, co-morbid, dehiscence, dysuria, evisceration, and hyperkalemia are potential complications of surgery.
- Autologous donation is the process of donating blood for one's own use during surgery.
- Bariatric surgery is performed to help patients lose weight and improve their health.
- Carboxyhemoglobin is a form of hemoglobin bound to carbon monoxide.
- Conscious sedation is a type of anesthesia that keeps the patient relaxed and awake.
- General anesthesia is a type of anesthesia that induces unconsciousness and loss of sensation throughout the body.
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