Chapter 11 Other health problems

tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour

Other health problems: Wound Healing and Surgery

globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne)

In a study of 500 outpatient surgery patients at the Medical College of Wisconsin in

Milwaukee, patients who smoked in the 24 hours before surgery had 20 times the risk

for myocardial ischemia, or inadequate oxygen supply to the heart.

Reuters, October 22, 1997

tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut

tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour

Thursday, July 06, 2000

Page 32 of 32

globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne)

First page of this chapter        Previous page of this chapter        Next page of this chapter Last page of this chapter Copyright (©) 2000 - David Moyer - published on UICC GLOBALink