The Effect of Cold Vapor Application on Postoperative Sore Throat
- Conditions
- Sore Throat
- Interventions
- Procedure: Cold vapor
- Registration Number
- NCT05317520
- Lead Sponsor
- Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
- Brief Summary
To determine the effect of cold vapor given in the post-extubation period on sore throat.
- Detailed Description
General anesthesia increases the comfort of the patient by ensuring that the patient does not feel the surgical interventions and pain during the operation. The necessity of intubation is known in patients who have undergone surgery under general anesthesia. Intubation provides benefits such as keeping the airway open, controlling the airway and breathing, reducing respiratory effort and dead space volume, preventing aspiration, and facilitating resuscitation in case of any problem.
Although surgical interventions are an important treatment option for health problems, postoperative complications such as sore throat, dry throat, hoarseness and dysphagia due to laryngeal and pharyngeal traumas caused by intubation are frequently observed especially in patients receiving general anesthesia.
Although it is seen in the literature that pharmacological, non-pharmacological and herbal methods are applied to reduce postoperative sore throat, there are not enough studies examining the effect of cold steam application on sore throat. With this research, it is expected that the cold steam given in the postoperative period will contribute to the relief of sore throat.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
- Those who accept the research
- Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery planned
- Patients in ASA I and II class
- 18 years and over
- Mallampati classification I and II
- Operation time more than 30 minutes
- Literate
- No hearing problem
- Patients without understanding difficulties
- Overweight patients (Body Mass Index ≥ 40)
- Patients with sore throat and lower respiratory tract infection
- Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Patients with a history of allergies
- Patients with hearing problems
- illiterate patients
- ASA classification III and above
- Mallampati classification III and IV patients
- Patients with an operation time of less than 30 minutes
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention group Cold vapor Cold vapor was applied 3 times in total at 0th,2nd and 6th hours.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sore throat 24th hour after surgery In our study, a horizontally prepared Numeric Rating Scale was used to evaluate the severity of pain. Patients participating in the study were asked to rate the severity of sore throat between 0 and 10. The scale starts with the absence of pain (0) and ends with unbearable pain (10).
Cold vapor was not applied to the patients at the 24th hour.. Only sore throat were evaluated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hoarseness 24th hour after surgery To assess hoarseness, patients were asked a single question, "Do you have any hoarseness in your voice now?" Participants were asked to evaluate this question with a 4-point Likert-type rating. Rating; 0 = no hoarseness, 1 = slow, hoarse voice, 2 = moderate hoarseness (clear during the interview), 3 = hoarseness (completely silent, no speech).
Cold vapor was not applied to the patients at the 24th hour. Only hoarseness was evaluated.Dry throat and swallowing difficulty 24th hour after surgery The patients were asked to rate the severity of dry throat and swallowing difficulty between 0 and 4 (0=None, 1=Mild, 2=Moderate, 3=Extreme, 4=Unbearable).
Cold vapor was not applied to the patients at the 24th hour. Only dry throat and swallowing difficulty were evaluated.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Hatice Özsoy
🇹🇷Merkez, Burdur, Turkey