Effect of Betamethasone Gel and Lidocaine Jelly on Sore Throat, Cough and Hoarseness of
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-03-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
ABSTRACT:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of betamethasone gel and lidocaine jelly
(over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome
incidence. This study has not been carried out in Iran.
99 patients of either sex undergoing elective surgery were recruited in a single blind
randomized study. The patients, using randomization table, were divided into three groups.
Anesthetics and medications used during surgery were similar for all the patients.
For the all patients, the incidence of postoperative sore throat, cough and hoarseness of the
voice in the different follow-up periods (1, 6 and 24 hours) based on the different types of
medications were obtained.