“…Among hypnotics, propofol is widely used for anesthetic induction because it significantly depresses laryngeal and pharyngeal reflexes and may even do without neuromuscular blockers for tracheal intubation. This effect confirms the superiority of propofol as compared to other hypnotics, expressed by higher incidence of vocal cords immobility, even observed in studies where no blockers were used [29][30][31][32][33][34] . In our study, most patients (97.5%) had satisfactory tracheal intubation conditions and so we may admit that laryngoscopy and intubation maneuvers have not exacerbated reflex autonomic activity to sufficient levels to cause significant blood pressure changes.…”