The Fairfield Medical Center where the surgery takes place has an excellent staff of surgeons.?

If a chart note documents that the patient is status post-thyroid resection 10 years ago, this would be an example of the patient's:

past history. family history. social history. history of present illness (HPI).

An elderly person is at increased risk for aspiration, primarily from:

A) atrophy of the epiglottis. B) a decreased ability to swallow. C) slowing of the ciliary mechanisms. D) decreased cough and gag reflexes.