Relationship between cigarette smoking and the carbon monoxide concentration in the exhaled breath with perioperative respiratory complications

Background: The purpose of the current study was to determine the effects of preoperative cigarette smoking and the carbon monoxide level in the exhaled breath on perioperative respiratory complications in patients undergoing elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Methods: One hundred and fifty tw...

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Main Authors: Seyda Efsun Ozgunay, Derya Karasu, Seyhan Dulger, Canan Yilmaz, Zeynep Tabur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418300526