Ugeskrift for laeger
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Jul 1999
Review[The effect of tobacco smoking on risks in connection in anesthesia and surgery. Development of complications and the preventive effect of smoking cessation].
About one third of the patients presenting for surgery are smokers. Smoking has acute and chronic effects on the cardiovascular, respiratory and immune systems, microcirculatory function and drug metabolism. ⋯ Whether the rate of postoperative complications can be reduced by preoperative smoking cessation is unknown. The preoperative period might be a beneficial time for a greater smoking cessation intervention by an interdisciplinary hospital staff team.
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Ugeskrift for laeger · Jul 1999
Case Reports[Decompression sickness after diving and following flying].
A case of delayed symptoms of decompression sickness (DCS) after diving and flying is reported. The diver presented with classical signs of type 2 DCS, probably caused by air travel 16 hours after SCUBA diving. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in a decompression chamber was successful. Guidelines to prevent DCS for recreational divers who plan to fly after diving are presented.