Maintenance of anaesthesia with sevoflurane or isoflurane effects on adverse airway events in smokers.
rct · Level II
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Abstract
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).
Medical subject headings
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
- Intraoperative Complications
- Isoflurane
- Methyl Ethers
- Smoking