Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Research Article
Effects of Combined Oral Contraceptive on Hemodynamic Response to Endotracheal Intubation
Author(s): Ahmed Said Elgebaly, Rabab Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed
Ahmed Said Elgebaly, Rabab Mohamed Mohamed Mohamed
Background: The modern day anesthesiologist should demonstrate and understand a fluctuation in a women’s perception of pain in relation to phase of menstrual cycle. Combined oral contraceptive is used to prevent pregnancy, it contains a small amount of 2 female sex hormones, drospirenone, has an effect similar to the natural corpus luteum and ethinylestradiol, a hormone with an estrogenic effect. Pain threshold during follicular phase is higher than later phases and this may affect various anesthetic techniques.
Objectives: The present study was designed to evaluate the effects of contraceptive pills on hemodynamic response to endotracheal intubation.
Methods: We enrolled, 600 female patients scheduled for elective surgery divided to (Group ?; n=300) with a history of family planning by combined oral contraceptive .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000793