• Volkan Hanci, Hasan Ali Kiraz, Dilek Omür, Serpil Ekin, Berna Uyan, Derya Arslan Yurtlu, and Serhan Yurtlu.
• Departamento de Anestesiologia e Reanimação, Dokuz Eylul University Medical Faculty, Konak, Turquia. Electronic address: vhanci@gmail.com.
• Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2015 Jan 1;65(1):47-50.

Background And ObjectivesIt has been demonstrated that smoking increases pain perception; however the effect of smoking on perception of pain during venous cannulation is not known. The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not smoking has an effect on pain perception due to peripheral venous cannulation.Methods220 patients scheduled to have elective surgery were enrolled in the study and were divided into two groups (Group S and C, n=110 for each) according to their smoking habits. Numerical rating scale was introduced to the patients and then peripheral venous cannulation at the dorsum of the hand was made with a 20G intracath. Pain perception of the patients was scored by subsequent numerical rating scale questioning.ResultsThe demographic characteristics of the groups were identical. Numerical rating scale scores in Group S and C were 3.31±1.56 and 1.65±1.23, respectively (p<0.001).ConclusionPain perception due to peripheral venous cannulation is higher in smokers. Future studies on pain treatment should consider the smoking habits of patients.Copyright © 2014 Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia. Publicado por Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

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