our study aimed to evaluate the effect of nebulized lidocaine to decrease the incidence of cough and sore throat after extubation after surgeries requiring endotracheal intubation.
our study aimed to evaluate the effect of nebulized lidocaine to decrease the incidence of cough and sore throat after extubation after surgeries requiring endotracheal intubation. This randomized controlled study will compare the effect of Lidocaine and placebo nebulization in the immediate pre operative period in order to evaluate the effectiveness in reducing post extubation cough and sore throat.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
the patients of this group will recieve nebulization of 5 ml of 2% lidocaine prior to induction of general anesthesia
Normal saline
Mongi Slim Hospital
La Marsa, Tunis Governorate, Tunisia
RECRUITINGincidence of cough at emergence from general anesthesia
evaluation of incidence of cough at emergence from general anesthesia
Time frame: 30 minutes after the end of surgery
incidence of sore throat
evaluation of incidence of sore throat
Time frame: 24 hours after tracheal extubation
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