Smoking as a risk factor of intraoperative nausea and vomiting in parturients undergone cesarean section under spinal anesthesia
The goal of retrospective clinical study was to search and evaluate association between smoking and intraoperative nausea and vomiting (IONV) in parturients undergone cesarean section (CS) under spinal anesthesia (SA). One hundred thirty five women were enrolled. The group of smokers includes 21 patients while the group of non-smokers - 114 patients. Demographic and obstetric data has no statistically significant difference between the groups. IONV episodes occurred in 22 cases in both groups totally. Relative risk of IONV in smoking group was equaled 1,21 95%CI 0,45 to 3,21. This result suggests that there is no statistically and clinically significant difference in IONV incidence between smoking and non-smoking groups.