Preoperative pulmonary evaluation as viewed by the internist

THE INTERNIST AS WELL AS THE SURGEON FINDS THOROUGH PULMONARY FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF THE PATIENT FOR OPERATION AN INVALUABLE ADJUNCT TO STRICTLY CLINICAL JUDGMENT IN TWO LARGE CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS: Those with significant inconsistencies between clinical impression and functional analysis of pulmonary reserve as well as in those with borderline functional reserve where operation is imperative.