American College of Chest Physicians: Smokers Have More Blood Clots in the Lung, Leading to Higher Hospital Readmission Rates
October 14, 2019
October 14, 2019
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 14 -- The American College of Chest Physicians issued the following news release:
Patients with lung blood clots who smoke are more likely to be readmitted for lung blood clots than nonsmokers, according to Kam Sing Ho, MD, from Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West in New York City, who will present the study findings at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2019 in New Orleans.
Pulmonary emboli (PE), or blood clots in the lung, are common and are . . .
Patients with lung blood clots who smoke are more likely to be readmitted for lung blood clots than nonsmokers, according to Kam Sing Ho, MD, from Mount Sinai St. Luke's and Mount Sinai West in New York City, who will present the study findings at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2019 in New Orleans.
Pulmonary emboli (PE), or blood clots in the lung, are common and are . . .