16th September 2020

A 60-year old patient attends your respiratory outpatient clinic

A 60-year old patient attends your respiratory outpatient clinic. He is 2 weeks-post op curative non-small cell lung cancer resection. The operation was successful, and there are no signs of recurrence.

He smokes around 10 cigarettes a day, and is a retired postal worker. By his own admission, he “doesn’t do much exercise, or eat well”.

Select from the list below the SINGLE most appropriate intervention to be performed at this stage to minimise the risk of pulmonary complications after his surgery. Select ONE option only.