Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey
Smoking is associated with a higher incidence of post-lung transplantation complications and mortality. Prior to inclusion on the lung transplant waiting list in the Czech Republic, patients are supposed to be tobacco free for at least 6 months. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of smoking, va...
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| author | Zmeškal Miroslav Králíková Eva Kurcová Ivana Pafko Pavel Lischke Robert Fila Libor Bartáková Lucie Valentová Fraser Keely |
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| description | Smoking is associated with a higher incidence of post-lung transplantation complications and mortality. Prior to inclusion on the lung transplant waiting list in the Czech Republic, patients are supposed to be tobacco free for at least 6 months. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of smoking, validated by urinary cotinine, among patients post lung transplantation and prior to inclusion on the transplant waiting list. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d089461de6b84271a6169b164c2128e22022-12-21T22:40:30ZengSciendoSlovenian Journal of Public Health1854-24762016-03-01551293510.1515/sjph-2016-0005sjph-2016-0005Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional SurveyZmeškal Miroslav0Králíková Eva1Kurcová Ivana2Pafko Pavel3Lischke Robert4Fila Libor5Bartáková Lucie Valentová6Fraser Keely7Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Regional Hospital Kolín, Kolín 280 02, Czech RepublicCenter for Tobacco-Dependence, 3rd Medical Department – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague 128 21, Czech RepublicDepartment of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague 128 21, Czech Republic3rd Department of Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital in Motol, Prague 121 08, Czech Republic3rd Department of Surgery, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital in Motol, Prague 121 08, Czech RepublicDepartment of Pneumology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital in Motol, Prague 150 06, Czech RepublicDepartment of Pneumology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital in Motol, Prague 150 06, Czech RepublicCenter for Tobacco-Dependence, 3rd Medical Department – Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Prague 128 21, Czech RepublicSmoking is associated with a higher incidence of post-lung transplantation complications and mortality. Prior to inclusion on the lung transplant waiting list in the Czech Republic, patients are supposed to be tobacco free for at least 6 months. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of smoking, validated by urinary cotinine, among patients post lung transplantation and prior to inclusion on the transplant waiting list.https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0005smokingtransplantationlungkajenjetransplantacijapljuča |
| spellingShingle | Zmeškal Miroslav Králíková Eva Kurcová Ivana Pafko Pavel Lischke Robert Fila Libor Bartáková Lucie Valentová Fraser Keely Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey Slovenian Journal of Public Health smoking transplantation lung kajenje transplantacija pljuča |
| title | Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey |
| title_full | Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey |
| title_fullStr | Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey |
| title_short | Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey |
| title_sort | continued smoking in lung transplant patients a cross sectional survey |
| topic | smoking transplantation lung kajenje transplantacija pljuča |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2016-0005 |
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