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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... unless prior heart/lung ... #Evaluation #stratification ... #diagnosis
Risk factors
Defining high- or low-risk is currently more difficult than it was in the old guideline.
Previously
high- or low-risk ... smoking, history of lung ... characteristics alone (See ... #Diagnosis #Epidemiology ... #Radiology #Pulmonary
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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There are two diagnostic ... are difficult to see ... right with the pulmonary ... penicillamine) #Clinical #Radiology ... #Attenuation #Comparison