title: [Smoking and admission to a department of internal medicine at a county hospital].
abstract: On a random day in 1998 all hospitalized unselected patients on the ward of internal medicine, Silkeborg County Hospital were evaluated in relation to possible tobacco-related disease. A total of 56 (71%) of 79 had a smoking-related main diagnosis and of these 23 (29%) of 79 were statistically diseased as a direct consequence of their present and previous use of tobacco.
authors.affiliation: Silkeborg Centralsyghus, medicinsk afdeling.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003718:Denmark; D006766:Hospitals, County / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010343:Patient Admission; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*