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

H Tønnesen, P Faurschou, H Ralov… - BMC health services …, 2010 - Springer
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 …

Weak smoking cessation awareness in primary health care before surgery: a real-world, retrospective cohort study

H Gräsbeck, H Ekroos, K Halonen… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Tobacco smoking is a well-established risk factor for postoperative complications.
Research on preoperative smoking cessation in primary health care is scarce. Design: This …

Novel strategy to stop cigarette smoking by surgical patients: pilot study in a preadmission clinic

MJ Haile, JH Wiggers, A D. Spigelman… - ANZ Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Evidence‐based guidelines suggest that all services, wards and clinics within
hospitals consider smoking status a vital sign and routinely provide cessation care. Despite …

Cost–benefit analysis of funding smoking cessation before surgery

CA Jiménez-Ruiz, V Martín… - Journal of British …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Smoking at the time of surgery is associated with postoperative complications.
Quitting smoking before surgery is linked to fewer complications during the hospital stay …

The stop smoking before surgery program: impact on awareness of smoking-related perioperative complications and smoking behavior in northern Canadian …

JL Bottorff, CL Seaton, N Viney… - Journal of Primary …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study aimed to examine the impact of a Stop Smoking Before Surgery
(SSBS) program in a health authority where responsibility for surgical services is shared by …

[HTML][HTML] The attitudes of surgeons concerning preoperative smoking cessation: a questionnaire study

Ö Öztürk, I Yılmazer, A Akkaya - Hippokratia, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitudes and behavior of
surgeons regarding preoperative smoking cessation. Methods: A total of 109 anonymous …

Preoperative smoking cessation: a questionnaire study

D Owen, C Bicknell, C Hilton, J Lind… - … journal of clinical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Preoperative smoking cessation has been shown to improve postoperative
outcomes. Methods: A total of 120 anonymous questionnaires were distributed to non …

Preoperative smoking cessation program in patients undergoing intermediate to high-risk surgery: a randomized, single-blinded, controlled, superiority trial

CD Fankhauser, A Affentranger, B Cortonesi, U Jeker… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background At present, effectively implementing smoking cessation programs in the health
care system constitutes a major challenge. A unique opportunity to initiate smoking …

Patients' awareness of the surgical risks of smoking: implications for supporting smoking cessation

JL Bottorff, CL Seaton, S Lamont - Canadian Family Physician, 2015 - cfp.ca
Objective To describe the smoking patterns of patients receiving elective surgery and their
knowledge about the benefits of smoking cessation to inform and strengthen support for …

Evaluation of a smoking cessation service in elective surgery

J Saxony, L Cowling, L Catchpole, N Walker - Journal of Surgical Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Background No best practice service models exist for promoting preoperative smoking
cessation support, despite smokers experiencing more perioperative complications than …