Haemodynamic changes after tracheal intubation in cigarette smokers compared with non-smokers

Authors
Laxton, CH Milner, Q Murphy, PJ
Citation
Ch. Laxton et al., Haemodynamic changes after tracheal intubation in cigarette smokers compared with non-smokers, BR J ANAEST, 82(3), 1999, pp. 442-443
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Aneshtesia & Intensive Care","Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
ISSN journal
00070912 → ACNP
Volume
82
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
442 - 443
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(199903)82:3<442:HCATII>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We have studied the haemodynamic changes in response to tracheal intubation in 60 ASA I women undergoing elective gynaecological surgery; 30 women smo ked more than 10 cigarettes a day, while the other 30 were non-smokers. Imm ediately after incubation, heart rate of smokers (mean 102.0 (SD 17) beat m in(-1)) was significantly greater (P<0.01) than that of nonsmokers (mean 91 .0 (12.3) beat min(-1)). This may be clinically important in smokers who ar e at risk of ischaemic heart disease and also relevant for future studies i nvestigating haemodynamic responses to intubation.