שאלה משלב א׳ בכירורגיית כלי דם · מועד 2021, שאלה 81

Correct: D — the history and physical examination. For predicting postoperative pulmonary complications the clinical assessment — exercise tolerance, smoking, cough and sputum, obesity, age and the presence of chronic lung disease — outperforms any single investigation. Spirometry, blood gases and chest radiography (options A, B and C) refine the picture in selected patients but do not replace it, and routine preoperative pulmonary function testing is not recommended for that reason.

מקור: רדרפורד9, ch.43, עמ ' 546