Heated Circuit on Sore Throat

Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center92 enrolled

Overview

This investigation is planned to compare the incidence and severity of postoperative sore throat according to the use of heated breathing circuit in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

General Anesthesia

Interventions

Heated circuit onDEVICE

Heated circuit will be turned on.

Heated circuit offDEVICE

Heated circuit will be turned off.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 19 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of participants with postoperative sore throat for postoperative 24 hour

Time frame: At 24 hour

Secondary Outcomes

Number of participants with postoperative sore throat

Time frame: At 2, 4, and 24 hour

Number of participants with postoperative hoarseness

Time frame: At 2, 4, and 24 hour

Wound pain scores

Visual analogue scales will be used (10: most imaginable pain, 0: no pain).

Time frame: At 2, 4, and 24 hour

Central Contacts

Hyun-Chang Kim

CONTACT

+821028862876 onidori1979@gmail.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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