Journal article
Interventions in the preoperative clinic for long term smoking cessation: A quantitative systematic review
Abstract
Purpose: To assess the efficacy of interventions offered to patients in the preoperative clinic to promote long-term (≥ three months) smoking cessation following surgery.Methods: We searched The Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE and CINAHL for all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on smoking-cessation interventions initiated in the preoperative clinic. Trial inclusion, quality assessment, and data extraction were performed independently by …
Authors
Zaki A; Abrishami A; Wong J; Chung FF
Journal
Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 11–21
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
1 2008
DOI
10.1007/bf03017592
ISSN
0832-610X