Risk reduction before surgery. The role of the primary care provider in preoperative smoking and alcohol cessation

BACKGROUND: Daily smokers and hazardous drinkers are high-risk patients, developing 2-4 times more complications after surgery. Preoperative smoking and alcohol cessation for four to eight weeks prior to surgery halves this complication rate. The patients' preoperative contact with the surgical...

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Autores principales: Tønnesen, Hanne, Faurschou, Pernille, Ralov, Helge, Mølgaard-Nielsen, Ditte, Thomas, Grethe, Backer, Vibeke
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20462417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-121

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20462417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-121

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