Post operative sore throat after anaesthesia
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- elective surgery under general anaesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/02/005535
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Anaesthesiology Pain Perioperative Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 450
Inclusion Criteria
1. ASA physical status I/II
2.Short-to-moderate duration surgery(up to 3-hours)under general anaesthesia with controlled ventilation
Exclusion Criteria
1.Anticipated difficult airway.
2.Systemic illness with presenting complaints of sore/dry throat (diabetics with polydipsia, hypertensives on diuretics, moribund bed ridden patients).
3.Neurosurgical patients with active ICP considerations.
4.History of airway related morbidity (POST, mucosal trauma)
5.Recent head and neck, intraoral/nasal surgery.
6.Psychiatric and substance abuse patients.
7.Ongoing upper and lower respiratory tract inflammation/infection.
8.Bleeding diathesis, steroid dependence
9.Consent refusal
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method