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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) currently occupies sixth place in the list of morbidity causes in the world adult population and is catching third in 2020; smoking is the most important cause. COPD mortality reaches 200–300%ooo for the age group 45–64 years, 6% of deaths in men and 4% of deaths in women. Mortality from the disease is increasing at 3rd place in 2020, the disease having...
Smoking is a major public health problem with medical, social, and financial implications. We conducted a retrospective analysis of data resulting from enrollment and completion of a smoking cessation program of a number of 399 subjects of both gender, who presented consecutively in 2009 to the Smoking Cessation Counseling Medical Office of the Iasi Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital. The treatment...
Tuberculosis is a global killer, claiming the lives of more than two million people annually and sickening millions more. Smoking increases the risks of becoming infected with tuberculosis, of developing the active form of disease and of dying from it. Therefore controlling the tobacco epidemic we will help control the TB epidemic. Clinicians should be more alert about reducing the TB risk among smokers...
To determine the feasibility of a sleep apnea screening program in Romanian patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity attending outpatient clinic of a diabetes center (the standard for routine care in Romania). The Epworth Sleepiness Scale was administered to 80 consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes and a body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2. Patients with a score >10 at this scale were referred...
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