Re: Passive Smoking Also Affects Recovery from Anaesthesia

Effects of passive and active smoking on induction of anaesthesia.

It is said that cigarette smokers suffer stormy induction of anaesthesia; although plausible, this is unsubstantiated. We have studied the incidence of adverse events during induction, together with peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), in active and passive smokers, and in non-smokers. During induction, both active and passive smokers had a higher incidence of adverse events than non-smokers (P...

Protecting children from passive smoking.

Childhood is a time in which foundations are laid on which the adult is formed. Nevertheless, it is surprising for most to discover just how early in life arteries can show signs of structural or functional damage that may indicate vulnerability to atherosclerosis. Napoli et al1 were the first to demonstrate that even fetal aortas could develop fatty streaks in utero in the presence of maternal...

Shape Recovery from Passive Locally

Isocapnic hyperpnoea accelerates recovery from isoflurane anaesthesia.

BACKGROUND Hyperventilation should speed up elimination of volatile anaesthetic agents from the body, but hyperventilation usually results in hypocapnia. We compared recovery from isoflurane anaesthesia in patients allowed to recover with assisted spontaneous ventilation (control) and those treated with isocapnic hyperpnoea. METHODS Fourteen patients were studied after approximately 1 h of an...

Disaster recovery also involves human recovery.