Misdiagnosis of smoker’s chest pain
The patient seemed to have GERD and responded to treatment. But then he had a fatal heart attack.
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Tongue plaque with offensive odor
The patient is concerned about a recent increase in his foul-smelling tongue discoloration.
Blocked artery goes undetected
The patient’s ECG was first interpreted as normal, but he later suffered an MI following surgery.
Preoperative smoking cessation reduces risk of postoperative complications
Level 1: Likely reliable evidenceA recently published systematic review evaluated smoking cessation interventions in nine randomized trials with 1,194 patients undergoing planned surgery (Br J Surg. 2009;96:451-461). Although an overall meta-analysis was reported, the data are more accurately summarized by two subgroups. In one subgroup, two high-quality trials evaluated intensive smoking cessation interventions with four…
Multifaceted approach helps smokers quit
Treating smoking aggressively as a chronic, relapsing disease, can raise the odds for success.
Smoking propels aneurysm risk in women
Smoking raises the risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm events nearly ninefold in postmenopausal women and negatively affects cognition in middle-aged adults
Stroke risk per cigarette quantified
Any amount of cigarette smoking at all more than doubles a woman’s risk of ischemic stroke.
The role of clinicians in smoking cessation
The number of effective treatments to deter tobacco use is larger than ever. We offer a brief summary of what the experts recommend.
“Lung age” data get smokers to quit
Showing smokers that their lungs are aging faster than the rest of their bodies may motivate them to kick the habit.
Secondhand smoke worse than smoking?
What makes secondhand smoke worse for people who do not smoke?
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