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Anaesthesia

Title:		Cigarette smoking and the haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation
Author(s):		Cuvas, O. Er, A. Ikeda, O. C. Dikmen, B. Basar, H.
Address:		Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ozguncuvas@e-kolay.net
Year:		2008 May
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		463-6
Language:		eng
Volume:		63
Issue:		5
ISSN/ISBN:		1365-2044 (Electronic). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		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.