Jaw-thrust on Postoperative Sore Throat

Not Applicable

• Conditions: General Anesthesia
• Interventions: Procedure: Control; Procedure: Two-handed jaw thrust

• Registration Number: NCT03568279
• 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 two-handed jaw thrust maneuver in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-06-22
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-26
• Study Start: 2018-07-01
• Status Verified: 2018-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 2018-09-28
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-01
• Study Completion: 2019-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

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
Control	Control	The attending anesthesiologist provided intubation without two-handed jaw thrust.
Two-hand	Two-handed jaw thrust	The attending anesthesiologist provided intubation with two-handed jaw thrust.

Primary Outcome Measures

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

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hyun-Chang Kim; 🇰🇷 Daegu, Non-US/Canada, Korea, Republic of