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1: Anaesthesia. 2008 May;63(5):463-6. Epub 2008 Feb 12.Click here to read Links
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Anaesthesia. 2008 Nov;63(11):1262; author reply 1262.

Cigarette smoking and the haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation.

Cuvas O, Er A, Ikeda OC, Dikmen B, Basar H.

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ozguncuvas@e-kolay.net

This study investigated the effects of smoking and gender on the haemodynamic response after tracheal intubation. Patients were assigned to one of four groups: female non-smokers, female smokers, male non-smokers and male smokers. After tracheal intubation, the highest mean (SD) increase in heart rate (30 (18) %) and rate-pressure product (40 (29) %) was seen in male smokers. The increases in heart rate and rate-pressure product in male smokers were significantly greater than those in female non-smokers, p < 0.05. The increase in rate-pressure product was significantly greater in male smokers than in male non-smokers, p = 0.022.

PMID: 18279485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]