Heated Circuit on Sore Throat

Not Applicable

• Conditions: General Anesthesia
• Interventions: Device: Heated circuit on; Device: Heated circuit off

• Registration Number: NCT03693417
• Lead Sponsor: Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center

Brief Summary

This investigation is planned to compare the incidence and severity of postoperative sore throat according to the use of heated breathing circuit in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2018-10
• Study First Submitted: 2018-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-10-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-10-01
• Study First Posted: 2018-10-03
• Last Update Posted: 2018-10-03
• Study Start: 2018-11-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-11-01
• Study Completion: 2019-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

• ASA I-III
• Patients scheduled for general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation

Exclusion Criteria

• Difficult airway
• Mallampatti scores greater than 2
• Recent sore throat
• Cervical spine disease
• Recent upper respiratory infection
• Recent analgesics
• History of head and neck surgery
• Friable teeth
• Multiple intubation attempts

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Heat	Heated circuit on	-
Control	Heated circuit off	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants with postoperative sore throat for postoperative 24 hour	At 24 hour

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of participants with postoperative sore throat	At 2, 4, and 24 hour
Number of participants with postoperative hoarseness	At 2, 4, and 24 hour
Wound pain scores	At 2, 4, and 24 hour	Visual analogue scales will be used (10: most imaginable pain, 0: no pain).