NOT a Question~Just Advice for Smokers

I'm waiting to be approved and have some news for you smokers out there who may TRY to fool your surgeon into thinking you've stopped smoking when you haven't. I've read that ALOT of surgeons require an ABG (Arterial Blood Gas) test as part of the pre-op workup. I'm a respiratory therapist and thought you should know that if he does order the test and you HAVE been smoking, he'll KNOW it from the carbon monoxide in your blood. THAT not only makes you a SMOKER, but a LIAR as well. Think about it.

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