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A patient who is chronically administered Phenytoin needs to have a preoperative:

The structure that prevents the movement of swallowed materials from advancing into the larynx and trachea is the:

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A preoperative evaluation DOES NOT include: 

An infrequently occurring, severely impacting, yet often disclosed risk of anesthesia is: 

Innervation of everything below the epiglottis, except the cricothyroid muscle is accomplished via the:

A male patient who is 33 years old, 5’10 and weights 290 lbs with a calculated BMI of 41.6. He takes no home medications and does not smoke or drink alcohol. The appropriate physical status score to assign (ASA Score) is:

The structures that separate the nasopharynx from the oropharynx are the: (Select 2)

A 23 year old female patient presents for preoperative evaluation, and she is scheduled for a knee arthroscopy in 5 days. She is prescribed Adderall XR 40mg for severe ADD/ADHD and Wellbutrin XL 300mg for severe depression. The correct preoperative teaching is to: 

An anesthetic consideration for a patient who is in the later stages of Ankylosing Spondylitis includes: