Cotinine Testing Improves Smoking Cessation Before Total Joint Arthroplasty

Patients who are actively smoking at the time of primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) are at an increased risk of perioperative complications. Serum cotinine testing is a sensitive and specific method to verify abstinence from smoking and may therefore improve a patient’s chance of smoking cessati...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arthroplasty 2019-07, Vol.34 (7), p.S148-S151
Hauptverfasser: Hart, Adam, Rainer, William G., Taunton, Michael J., Mabry, Tad M., Berry, Daniel J., Abdel, Matthew P.
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