A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ACCESS EFFICACY OF ZINC AND VITAMIN C LOZENGES FOR REDUCING POSTOPERATIVWE SORETHROAT
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/02/040663
- Lead Sponsor
- DR ANAS P
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Consenting adults aged 18 to 59 years, undergoing elective surgeries with endotracheal intubation lasting for 1 to 6hours duration.
2. Adults belonging to either sex with ASA PS Grade 1 or 2
Exclusion Criteria
1.Patient with nasogastric tube in situ.
2.Patients requiring throat pack intraoperatively.
3.Anticipated difficult airway.
4.Patients with a history of preoperative sore throat.
5.Upper respiratory tract illness.
6.Immune deficiencies.
7.Chronic smoker.
8.Taking tetracyclines or quinolones antibiotics or with allergic reactions to zinc.
9.Patient undergoing head and neck surgery.
10.Pregnant patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method