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Question 15#

 The combined recommendations of the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) have provide best practice guidelines for the preoperative evaluation of elderly surgical patients. These recommendations are required standards for training programs in which of the following specialties?

A. General surgery residency training
B. Cardiothoracic surgical residency training
C. Vascular surgical residency training
D. All of the above

Correct Answer is D

Comment:

The combined recommendations of American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS-NSQIP) and the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) have been endorsed by all training programs under the aegis of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).