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Smokers who stop smoking shortly before surgery (recent quitters) seem to have worse surgical outcomes than early quitters. Therefore, concerns have been expressed about stopping smoking within 8 weeks of surgery. This has generated considerable uncertainty in the media and even in hospitals where smoking cessation advice is an important priority. Researchers therefore conducted a 9 [...]
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The US Department of Health Office of Inspector General released a report this week saying that over 13% of all hospitalised patients experience a major adverse event and 1.5% die from them. And a further 13% experience a minor adverse event. The major adverse events ranged from pulmonary embolisms to wrong-body-part surgery. Minor events include excessive [...]
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