Atelectasis Quiz: Ace Your Exams
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A 72-year-old man is admitted to the hospital for management of a perforated gallbladder and peritonitis. The patient undergoes emergent exploratory laparotomy and requires prolonged and complicated surgery. The patient does well in the immediate postoperative period. On post-op day 4 the patient becomes short of breath and requires 2 liters of supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula. The patient's past medical history includes a right mainstem endobronchial cancer and resultant recurrent bacterial pneumonia in the right lung, as well as generalized anxiety disorder and osteoarthritis for which the patient takes naproxen daily. Chest radiograph shows left lower lobe atelectasis. Which of the following elements of this patient’s history most likely contributed to his current clinical presentation?
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