Patient screening was performed either in person or over the phone by Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners and Registered Nurses working under the direction of the anesthesiologist medical director of the preoperative clinic (SE) Prospective collection of pulmonary outcomes data in patients who are vaping is needed to assess the risks involved and provide more informed decision-making as to the timing of elective surgery and the need for preoperative evaluation by a pulmonologist in the context of such use Scott Eber: This author helped screening the patients in the preoperative clinic, design of the assessment tool, data gathering and manuscript review
Implementation of a preoperative screening tool to identify patients at risk for adverse perioperative pulmonary outcomes secondary to E-cigarette vaping: A pilot study