TOBACCO BRONCHITIS: AN ANESTHESIOLOGIC STUDY
Authors: B A GREENE, S BERKOWITZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 April 1954TOBACCO BRONCHITIS: AN ANESTHESIOLOGIC STUDYBARNETT A. GREENE, M.D., S. BERKOWITZ, M.D.BARNETT A. GREENE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, S. BERKOWITZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-4-729 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBronchitis is a recognized hazard in anesthesia and surgery because coughing and tracheobronchial hyperirritability and hypersecretion predispose the patient to the following complications: (a) spasm of larynx, bronchi and respiratory muscles; (b) respiratory obstruction by bronchorrhea; (c) atelectasis, pneumonia, and (d) wound dehiscence, incisional hernia, recurrence of hernia. These are sequelae of bronchitis regardless of its etiologic origin. Yet when smoking is the cause of bronchitis its harmful potentialities are generally not respected. 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