Maintenance of anaesthesia with sevoflurane or isoflurane effects on adverse airway events in smokers.
Patients who smoke are at risk of coughing and other adverse airway events during induction of anaesthesia. We have studied the incidence of adverse airway events in smokers under isoflurane or sevoflurane anaesthesia after induction with propofol. Smokers inhaling isoflurane had a 45% incidence of adverse airway events compared to 10% in those inhaling sevoflurane (p = 0.013).
Nottingham City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, UK. mwild1@ncht.trent.nhs.uk
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Wild
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Gornall
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Griffiths
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Curran
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D007530:Isoflurane