60 years old woman being assessed prior to surgery where she will be under general anesthesia. In her past medical history, you learn she suffered a myocardial infarction complicated by congestive heart failure. Also, she was a smoker for 35 years, where she would smoke a pack a day but 3 years ago stopped due to her cardiac illnesses. She is hypertensive and also suffers from hypercholesteremia. What would be the greatest risk factor that would cause her cardiac complications postoperatively?
سؤال مجاني 5 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة: C. congestive heart failure
Congestive heart failure is the strongest predictor of postoperative cardiac complications: in the Goldman index, signs of failure (JVD) carry the most points and are the worst prognostic factor, and untreated CHF is listed as a cardiovascular risk factor.
- Smoking is mainly a pulmonary risk factor.
- Hypertension and hypercholesterolemia are minor contributors.
- General anesthesia is not a patient risk factor in these risk indices.
- المصدر
- Pre-op evaluation.pdf · p. 1
Pre & Post-OP Care.pdf · p. 1 - المحاضرة
- Post-operative complications · General Surgery · Module D
- ظهر في
- Surgery QB (Module D) p. 170 Q32