Decreased activity in an obese surgical patient predisposes the patient to which complication?
a. Cardiac arrest
b. Pneumonia
c. Incisional hernias
d. Hypoventilation
D
Immediate postoperative hypoventilation can result from drugs (anesthetics, narcotics, tranquilizers, sedatives) incisional pain, obesity, chronic lung disease, or pressure on the diaphragm.
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