Ivonne
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How many years a patient have stopped smoking before his tobacco use no longer counts as a risk factor?
a.-1 year
b.-5 years
c.-10 years
d.-15 years
e.-20 years
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| Korotkoff
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I will guess B.
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| mikky
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i think 10
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10 BACK TO NON SMKER LEVELS
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| Ivonne
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I picked 10 but Kaplan says 15. Anyone with a different source?
Numbers, numbers...
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| GOGETA
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http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sg...
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| GOGETA
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Within 20 minutes after you smoke that last cigarette, your body begins a series of changes that continue for years.
20 Minutes After Quitting
Your heart rate drops.
12 hours After Quitting
Carbon monoxide level in your blood drops to normal.
2 Weeks to 3 Months After Quitting
Your heart attack risk begins to drop.
Your lung function begins to improve.
1 to 9 Months After Quitting
Your coughing and shortness of breath decrease.
1 Year After Quitting
Your added risk of coronary heart disease is half that of a smoker’s.
5 Years After Quitting
Your stroke risk is reduced to that of a nonsmoker’s 5-15 years after quitting.
10 Years After Quitting
Your lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker’s.
Your risk of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, bladder, kidney, and pancreas decreases.
15 Years After Quitting
Your risk of coronary heart disease is back to that of a nonsmoker’s
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| farnsworth
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IMO is not worth learning those numbers. There are other things far more important to know.
Interestingly, quitting smoking less than 2 month prior to surgery does not significantly reduce, but may also increase the risk of perioperative cardiopulmonary complications (Zwissler, Anaesthesist 2005).
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| hero
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farnsworth wrote:
Interestingly, quitting smoking less than 2 month prior to surgery does not significantly reduce, but may also increase the risk of perioperative cardiopulmonary complications (Zwissler, Anaesthesist 2005).
per Kaplan (Pestana) 8 wk prior surgery quitting and intensive respiratory therapy decrease postop pulmonary risk (p21)
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| farnsworth
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That's what the paper says: you have to quit smoking at least 2mo prior to surgery to reduce perioperative cardiopulmonary complications. But anyway, it may make sense to quit smoking 12-24h prior to surgery, in order to reduce COHb. But it is not justify to postpone surgery just because a patient had a cigarette 30min ago (from the anesthesiologist's position)
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| rado3105
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15 years
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| doc_clotaire
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I also remember reading from Kaplan that it was 15 years
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| nyimalay
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15 year is the correct answer.
2 month is to reduce postOP cardiopulmonary risk. But not to the level of a non-smoker.
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| Justice
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Let me tell you one thing, as an oncologist: if you smoked for some time and did not quit before age of 30, it is LATE to avoid the lung cancer... Thus, the Q must specify the risk factor for a certain condition...
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