Smoking cessation and elective surgery: the cleanest cut

Smokers who undergo surgery have higher risks and are a greater burden on healthcare resources. Is it acceptable to give them lower priority on surgical waiting lists?

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Published in:Medical journal of Australia 2004-04, Vol.180 (7), p.317-318
Main Authors: Peters, Matthew J, Morgan, Lucy C, Gluch, Laurence
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clinical trials
Colorectal surgery
Contraindications
Cross-Sectional Studies
Elective surgery
Elective Surgical Procedures
Ethics, Medical
Family physicians
Hospitals
Humans
Infections
Joint replacement surgery
Mastectomy
New South Wales
Plastic surgery
Prostheses
Repatriation
Risk
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking Cessation
Substance‐related disorders
Surgeons
Surgical procedures, operative
Surgical Wound Dehiscence - epidemiology
Surgical Wound Dehiscence - prevention & control
Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology
Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control
Waiting Lists
Wound healing
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Summary:Smokers who undergo surgery have higher risks and are a greater burden on healthcare resources. Is it acceptable to give them lower priority on surgical waiting lists?
ISSN:0025-729X
1326-5377
DOI:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05963.x