Open AccessEvaluation of Cerebral Blood Flow Alterations and Acute Neuronal Damage due to Water-Pipe Smoking
Author(s) -
Onur Karakayalı,
Uygar Utku,
Serkan Yılmaz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
balkan medical journal/balkan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.398
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2146-3131
pISSN - 2146-3123
DOI - 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2018.2018.0704
Subject(s) - medicine , carboxyhemoglobin , anesthesia , transcranial doppler , middle cerebral artery , cerebral blood flow , blood pressure , cardiology , heart rate , ischemia , biochemistry , chemistry , carbon monoxide , catalysis
Although water-pipe smoking is a great public health problem, data regarding the acute and chronic effects and the degree of toxin exposure are limited. While water pipe-related malignancy, pulmonary, infectious, cardiac effects, infertility, and biological effects have been described in a meta-analysis, there are no studies in the literature about its neurologic effects.