Effect of cigarette smoking on subsequent postoperative thromboembolic disease in gynaecological patients.
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The risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in women taking oral contraceptives is increased if they are also cigarette smokers.' On the other hand, cigarette smoking has been said to "protect" against the subsequent development of DVT after myocardial infarction2 3 and also after emergency surgery.4 Our own study into the relation between cigarette smoking and postoperative DVT was part of a multi-variable study of both clinical and coagulation factors in the prediction of a tendency to postoperative DVT.5
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عنوان ژورنال:
- British medical journal
دوره 2 6134 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978