When the nurse interviews a patient who is to have outpatient surgery using a general anesthetic, which information is most important to communicate to the surgeon and anesthesiologist before surgery?
A) The patient drinks 3 or 4 cups of coffee every morning before going to work.
B) The patient takes a baby aspirin daily but stopped taking aspirin 10 days ago.
C) The patient drank 4 ounces of apple juice 3 hours before coming to the hospital.
D) The patient's father died after receiving general anesthesia for abdominal surgery.
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