Continued Smoking in Lung Transplant Patients: A Cross Sectional Survey

Abstract

Smoking is associated with a higher incidence of post-lung transplantation complications and mortality. Prior to inclusion on the lung transplant waiting list in the Czech Republic, patients are supposed to be tobacco free for at least 6 months. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of smoking, validated by urinary cotinine, among patients post lung transplantation and prior to inclusion on the transplant waiting list.

Keywords

• smoking
• transplantation
• lung
• kajenje
• transplantacija
• pljuča