Varela AVC, Cueria BJM, Bauza ZSA, Santoya VV

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ABSTRACT

It was performed a descriptive-prospective research to 62 hospitalized chronic patients at the Commander Manuel Fajardo Rivero Teaching Province Psychiatric Hospital in Manzanillo in order to determine the smoking habits and respiratory processes. It was applied a survey to obtain the data of the smoking habits and respiratory processes, besides the medical records were also reviewed. Among the results obtained we could stated that from the 62 patients, 45 were smoked and the average age was between 55- 64 years and from 45 to 54. Schizophrenia and acute respiratory infections were the most frequent pathologies.

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