The attributable risk of smoking on surgical complications

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 254, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 914-920

  Hawn, Mary T ^a,b   Houston, Thomas K ^c,d   Campagna, Elizabeth J ^a   Graham, Laura A ^h   Singh, Jasvinder ^a,e   Bishop, Michael ^f,g   Henderson, William G ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^g National Anesthesia Service   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81855212771     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31822d7f81     Document Type: Article

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