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The decision to recommend any operative procedure to a patient must include weighing the risk from the proposed operation against the risk of the known disease without surgical intervention. In no situation is this more relevant than in treatment for carcinoma of the lung. In addition to an assessment of nutritional status, renal function, liver function, clotting parameters, and other tests commonly performed before any major operation, the evaluation of a patient for pulmonary resection must emphasize the appraisal of pulmonary function, muscle strength, and cardiac function. The problem confronting the surgeon is not to determine whether such a patient has normal pulmonary and cardiac function, nor is it even to determine which patients are considered at increased risk from surgery; rather, it is to screen out those in whom the risk from a given resection is prohibitive.
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Humphrey, E.W., McKeown, D.L. (1982). Preoperative Evaluation and Preparation for Pulmonary Resection. In: Manual of Pulmonary Surgery. Comprehensive Manuals of Surgical Specialties. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5746-2_2
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