Postoperative pulmonary complications contribute considerably to morbidity and mortality, especially after major thoracic or abdominal surgery. Clinically relevant pulmonary complications include the exacerbation of underlying chronic lung disease, bronchospasm, atelectasis, pneumonia and respiratory failure with prolonged mechanical ventilation. Risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complic...

Dry socket falls under the most common as well serious complications, which usually encountered after extraction of third molar. The occurrence dry in dental clinical practice is very common, may be due to systemic or chronic disease related patient health, that alters immunity with respect infection, there will other local chances too for include habits smoking cigarette, chewing pan masala, b...

Background: Hookah smoking has been growing among people because consumers believe that smoking in the form of hookahs has lesser health effects than cigarettes. However, recent reports showed that water pipe smoking (WSP) increased heart rate, blood pressure, impaired pulmonary function and carbon monoxide intoxication. Chronic bronchitis, emphysema and coronary artery disease are serious prob...

Purpose: Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in the US and worldwide. The surgical literature demonstrates that active tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for perioperative morbidity and complications, and that preoperative smoking cessation is effective in reducing these associated risks. However, few studies have examined the dual effects of smokin...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to determine predictors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in a large cohort of elderly diabetes patients from primary care over a follow-up period of five years. METHODS AND RESULTS At the baseline measurement of the ESTHER cohort study (2000-2002), 1375 out of 9953 participants suffered from diabetes (13.8%). 1057 of these diabetes pati...

background stem cell transplantation has become as a novel treatment  for end-stage kidney, lung, heart , liver diseases and several hematologic disorders. improved survival of transplant recipients has raised awareness of post-transplant complications. one of these complications is transplant-related osteoporosis. methods  in this manuscript we review prevention methods for transplant-related ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate the effect of a smoking-, alcohol- or combined-cessation intervention starting shortly before surgery and lasting 6 weeks on overall complications after radical cystectomy. Secondary objectives are to examine the effect on types and grades of complications, smoking cessation and alcohol cessation, length of hospital stay, health-related quality of life and return to work ...

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) commonly report gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms, and limited data suggest a relationship between OSA GERD-related complications. To investigate this association, we performed population-based analysis using National Inpatient Sample (NIS) for 7,159,694 patients. After adjusting risk factors, patients had significantly higher incidence ...

Objective. To describe the possible risks associated to smoking in spread and complications of Covid-19, em­phasizing benefits quitting smoking. Materials methods. The narrative review methodology established process for Cochrane rapid reviews were used. Results. scientific evidence related Covid-19 remains limited. However, there is an already documented trend cross-sectional, clinical studies...