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Smoking Status Ascertainment and Interventions in Acute Medical Patients

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Journal Clin Med (Lond)
Specialty General Medicine
Date 2012 Mar 1
PMID 22372226
Citations 6
Authors
R Murray
J Leonardi-Bee
J Marsh
L Jayes
J Britton
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Abstract

Hospital admission provides an opportunity to promote smoking cessation. Clinical guidelines recommend ascertainment of smoking status and delivery of cessation interventions in all consultations. In this article, smoking ascertainment and intervention among all patients admitted to medical wards in a UK hospital over a four-week period in 2010 were audited. Medical records of 767 patients were screened; 96 (13%) were current smokers, 243 (32%) ex-smokers and 233 (30%) non-smokers. There was no record of smoking status in 243 (25%) individuals and this proportion varied between specialties. Of the 96 current smokers, only 23 received documented cessation advice or pharmacological support. Four weeks after discharge, 31% reported that they were abstinent from smoking, representing 50% of those who received support and 20% of those who did not. Ascertainment of smoking status and delivery of cessation support to patients admitted to medical wards was low, suggesting that there is room for improvement in the management of smoking among inpatients.

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