++
Chapter 3. Preoperative Preparation
++
++
++
The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) patient classification system
++
++
++
A. Is an approach to categorizing patients preoperatively to assess their risk for an operative procedure
++
++
B. Requires specific measures of certain laboratory values in order to complete the scoring system
++
++
C. Can be used to determine who not to operate on, for example, no ASA 5 patients should undergo operation
++
++
D. Includes categories ASA 1 through ASA 5
++
++
+
++
A. Is an approach to categorizing patients preoperatively to assess their risk for an operative procedure
++
++
++
The perioperative process, including the workup regarding safety for anesthetic, after the decision to operate has been made
++
++
++
A. Is the sole province of the anesthesiology specialists
++
++
B. Should not take into account the planned operation
++
++
C. Is best performed by specialists not directly invested in the planned operation
++
++
D. Should include a pain assessment to aid in the management of postoperative pain
++
++
+
++
D. Should include a pain assessment to aid in the management of postoperative pain
++
++
++
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk
++
++
++
A. Has no relationship to the family history
++
++
B. Is assessed using the RCRI score
++
++
C. Can be modified by risk-based interventions
++
++
D. Has few long-term consequences as long as a pulmonary embolus is not fatal
++
++
E. Frequently should be modified by placement of an inferior vena cava filter preoperatively
+
++
C. Can be modified by risk-based interventions
++
++
++
Patients with diabetes mellitus require more operations than their nonaffected counterparts, and if diabetes mellitus is not carefully controlled, they have increased risk of
++
++
++
A. Surgical site infection (SSI)
++
++
B. Perioperative adrenal insufficiency
++
++
C. Perioperative hypoglycemia
++
++
D. A, B, and C are all true
++
++
+
++
++
++
++