Comorbilidad y hábito tabáquico en pacientes atendidos en Servicios de Medicina Interna. Estudio COTAMIR Comorbidity and smoking habit in patients attended in Internal Medicine Departments. The COTAMIR study

Comorbidity means that one or more diseases could be associated to another disorder under study in a given patient. It is important in terms of prognosis and thus measure of comorbidity is necessary to assess the results of medical trials or in clinical practice. Besides, smoking can modify comorbidity increasing it. This study has been performed in hospitals of Galicia (North West of Spain) to evaluate comorbidity and smoking impact in patients...