Gargles to reduce sore throat after anaesthesia
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- patients of 18 to 60 years of age requiring general anaesthesia
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/06/008871
- Lead Sponsor
- Maulana Azad Medical College
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients requiring general anaesthesia with Proseal laryngeal mask airway.
2. Physical status ASA grade I and II
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patients with history of pre-operative sore throat, asthma, COPD.
2. Patients requiring oropharyngeal, head and neck surgeries.
3. Patients with Body Mass Index > 30 kg/m2.
4. Patients with full stomach or abdominal distension.
5. Patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.
6. Patients with modified mallampatti class IV, anticipated difficult airway.
7. Patients having allergy to study drugs.
8. Patients who have recently received NSAIDS.
9. Patients having nausea and vomiting.
10. Expected duration of surgery more than 2 hours.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. incidence of post-operative sore throatTimepoint: 1. sore throat was assessed at 0, 2, 4, 24 hrs post-operatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. severity of post-operative sore throat <br/ ><br>2. oral / pharyngeal trauma <br/ ><br>3. side effects of drugs like nausea, vomiting, cough etc.Timepoint: 1. severity sore throat was assessed at 0, 2, 4, 24 hrs post-operatively <br/ ><br>2. oropharyngeal trauma at removal of Proseal <br/ ><br>Proseal <br/ ><br>3.side effects post operatively <br/ ><br>