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Maintenance of anaesthesia with sevoflurane or isoflurane effects on adverse airway events in smokers
Author(s) -
Wild M. R.,
Gornall C. B.,
Griffiths D. E.,
Curran J.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03751.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sevoflurane , isoflurane , anesthesia , propofol , airway , adverse effect , incidence (geometry) , general anaesthesia , physics , optics
Summary 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).