PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marie-Dominique Dautzenberg
AU  - Malika Bougdal
AU  - Joseph Osman
AU  - Bertrand Dautzenberg
TI  - Tobacco information's in preoperative patients factsheets: A French survey
DP  - 2011 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - p4235
VI  - 38
IP  - Suppl 55
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p4235.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/38/Suppl_55/p4235.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2011 Sep 01; 38
AB  - Four years ago a French experts conference on perioperative smoking had showed that smokers have3 times more scars and general complications. Tobacco cessation 6-8 weeks before surgery until the end of the healing removed excess risk. We investigate how this information was delivered to patients through surgery procedure factsheetMethods: In response on a request “information patient surgery” on Google Francethe first 100 patient factsheets were recorded and analyzed. Theses leaflets come from 32 transmitters, 2 issuers information sheets over 6, 4 are between 7 and 10 factsheets, 20 of the 32 issuers only one factsheets. Factsheets concern 13 subspecialties. Only plastic surgery and orthopedics and have more than 10 factsheets.Results: In 76% of cases the word “information patient surgery” is not present. Only three specialties at least say a word smoking in half of factsheets, it is in the order of highest occurrence: vascular surgery and maxillofacial surgery plastic. Only 2% of factsheets address all aspects of tobacco. Theses 2 factsheets are about plastic surgery. The way to quit is the least approached parameter (18%).Conclusions: A dramatic gap of information on tobacco in patient factsheets exists. Actions had to be proposed to correct the lake of information on tobacco before elective surgery.We propose to all editors of factsheets to had this sentence: “information patient surgery”