Reducing paediatric exposure to environmental tobacco smoke: the effects of paediatric exposure to environmental tobacco smoke and the role of paediatric peri-operative care.

This article describes the scale of the population of children exposed to ETS and the risks to their general and their peri-operative health. We explore the concept of a "teachable moment" in peri-operative medicine;an ideal opportunity to deliver a public health intervention at a time where families feel motivated to make a behavioural change.Thus we may improve not only the child's peri-operative outcome but also their general health, and that of their family, beyond the planned procedure. PMID: 32395863 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research