Effect on Postoperative Sore Throat of Lidocaine Jelly Application Over the Endotracheal Tube of Tapered-shaped Cuff

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2016-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Postoperative sore throat is a complication after general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation. The investigators will evaluate the efficacy of lidocaine jelly application on the endotracheal tube with taper-shaped cuff regarding postoperative sore throat.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• ASA I-III

• Patients scheduled for general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation

• Patients scheduled for surgery which duration is expected to less than 3 hr

Exclusion Criteria:

• Difficult airway

• Rapid sequence induction

• Recent sore throat

• Recent upper respiratory infection

• Asthma

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Chronic cough

• Pregnancy

• Allergy to lidocaine

• Friable teeth

• History of head and neck surgery

• Multiple intubation attempts

• Regional anesthetic agents

• Gastric tube

• Dexamethasone