The association of vaping and electronic cigarette use with postoperative hypoxemia and respiratory complications: a retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Initially introduced as a safer alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and vaping have since been associated with lung injury. Nevertheless, there is limited perioperative data on their potential contribution to the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation on the lungs. We hypothesized that, in adults undergoing noncardiothoracic surgeries, preoperative vaping/e-cigarette use is associated with hypoxemia during the first postoperative hour, and with an increased incidence of intraoperative and postoperative pulmonary complications.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study in which we included patients reporting as vapers/e-cigarette users within one year before surgery as the exposure group, and nonvapers as the control group. The prim

SUBMITTER: Saab R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602779 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature