When I have to do those preop things (and I get exactly the same nonsense as Bert) part of me wonders what the heck I an saying, anyway? I have NO IDEA if a patient is going to survive anesthesia; all I can offer is an assessment of the risk involved. I know the surgeon wants to be able to pin it on me if things go wrong, but I just don't have those God-like powers, and I wish they'd stop asking.
