title: Cigarette smoking and the haemodynamic response to tracheal intubation.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ozguncuvas@e-kolay.net
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cuvas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Er
authors.forename: O C
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dikmen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Basar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*