Utilizing Patient E-learning in an Intervention Study on Preoperative Smoking Cessation.

CONCLUSIONS: Our preoperative smoking cessation program resulted in a 7-day PP abstinence of 22% at 6 months. A multifaceted intervention including a patient e-learning program may be a valuable tool to overcome some of the barriers to help surgical patients quit smoking. PMID: 29517567 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29517567?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - March 5, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Wong J, Raveendran R, Chuang J, Friedman Z, Singh M, Patras J, Wong DT, Chung F Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research