Impact of cigarette smoking on recurrence of hyperlipidemic acute pancreatitis.

CONCLUSION: Smoking is associated with worse RFS and an increased rate of HLAP recurrence. Continued smoking correlates with a compromised survival and smoking cessation should be recommended.
PMID: 29307998 [PubMed - in process]

Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG - December 21, 2017 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Xiang JX, Hu LS, Liu P, Tian BY, Su Q, Ji YC, Zhang XF, Liu XM, Wu Z, Lv Y Tags: World J Gastroenterol Source Type: research