Which Patient Should Have Pulmonary Function Testing as Part of the Presurgical

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which patient should have pulmonary function testing as part of the presurgical exam?

• A) A patient older than 60 years of age
• B) A patient undergoing major intrathoracic surgery
• C) A patient with a history of pneumonia in the last 2 years
• D) A patient with diabetes and morbid obesity

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Definitions:

Impulse Frequency Theory

A theory that proposes the frequency of nerve impulses, or action potentials, is related to the intensity of a sensation such as sound or light.

Timbre

The quality of a sound apart from its pitch or loudness; timbre enables us to distinguish a clarinet from an oboe, or one person’s voice from another.

Sound Quality

The measure of how pleasing or accurate an audio output is from any given source.

Pitch

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.