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silviawilliams41

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What did the National VA Surgical Risk Study find to be the best predictor of complications and mortality following surgical procedures?
 a. preoperative albumin levels
  b. liver function
 c. smoking
 d. blood pressure
 e. age

Question 2

The binding of a nutrient or food component with a drug (making it unabsorbable) is called:
 a. chelation
 b. dissolution
 c. oxidation
 d. reduction
 e. phagocytosis



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a



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