Secondary prevention must include treating tobacco dependence
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Source: BMJ Comments - February 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Interesting case
79 years old lady, 4’11, 200 lbs, recently diagnosed with DM, history of being around smokers all the time and using wood stove to cook. One week ago she fell from her height breaking her proximal humerus and is scheduled for humerus nail.
Her basal spo2 is 80-83% at best, which improves to 90% at best with simple facemask at 6 L. Lung auscultations gives us bilateral wheezing. She refers that over the last two months she is having trouble swallowing solids. Her labs are unremarkable other...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - December 29, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sleeplessbordernights Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Cochrane Review conclusions e-cigarettes help quit smoking in RCTs is not relevant to decision making for e-cigarettes as consumer products; population studies show no benefit
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 21, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Making thanksgiving thread
As an homage to the smoking meats thread… drop some bomb recipes and plans.
I’m gonna do a turkey sous vide and then grill to crisp up the skin. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: borne_before Tags: Psychology [Psy.D. / Ph.D.] Source Type: forums
Look before you leap Re: Vaping helps adults quit smoking better than traditional methods, says Cochrane
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 19, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Financial incentives for sustained smoking abstinence in pregnancy
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 4, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Case discussion
I’ve gotten a lot out of the case discussions here in the past so here’s my attempt to keep it going.
50s F smoker, h/o MH for cysto, homium laser, stent, ESWL. Normal size, reasonable airway, NPO.
TIVA running, LMA placed, case proceeds uneventfully through cysto, laser, stent portion. Upon repositioning for ESWL portion, pt vomits and bilious output visible in mouth and inside of LMA.
1. What do you do now? I’m particularly curious about sequence of events with suctioning, LMA...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - November 1, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: LaryngoSpazz Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
Letter to the Editor: Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 31, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Effect of financial voucher incentives provided with UK stop smoking services on the cessation of smoking in pregnant women (CPIT III): pragmatic, multicentre, single blinded, phase 3, randomised controlled trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 25, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Stealing from the tobacco playbook, fossil fuel companies pour money into elite American universities
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Source: BMJ Comments - September 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
