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A Study On The Effect Of Smaller Endotracheal Tube Combined With Intravenous Lignocaine On Post-Operative Sore Throat

Effect Of Smaller Endotracheal Tube Combined With Intravenous Lignocaine On Post-Operative Sore Throat- A Randomised Controlled Trial. - POST (POST OPERATIVE SORE THROAT)

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/04/013426
Enrollment
400
Registered
2018-04-23
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- Patients are either free of any medical illness ( American Society Of Anesthesiologists Physical Status i.e ASA PS 1 ) or their systemic diseases well under control (ASA PS 2)prior to the study.

Interventions

Intervention1: we are using 2 interventions in 4 groups.The interventions are : 1.Preservative free lignocaine vs saline 2.Size 6.0 mm vs size 7.0 mm cuffed endo-tracheal tube : Patients will be ran
whereas patients in Group A and C shall receive equal volume of 10ml saline. Control Intervention1: Endotracheal tube: Comaprison of 7.0 mm and 6.00 mm ETT

Sponsors

Dr Vijin Varghese
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Women of age between 18-70 yrs. 2) American Society of Anaesthesiology Physical Status (ASAPS) grade I-II. 3) Elective surgeries in supine position

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients who required more than 2 attempts of intubation. 2) History of pre-operative sore throat or upper respiratory tract infection. 3) Anticipated difficult intubation. 4) Patients with known allergy to lignocaine. 5) Maxillofacial, intra oral and neck surgeries. 6) Surgeries requiring nasogastric tube insertion. 7) American Society of Anaesthesiology Physical Status (ASA PS) grade III and above. 8) Use of succinylcholine during intubation. 9) Smokers. 10) Body mass index (BMI) >30 11) Duration of surgery >5 hours. 12.Patients allergic to diclofenac.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The overall occurrence and severity of post operative sore throat (POST) at various intervals of time.Timepoint: The subjects were observed at 1 hour,6 hours and 24 hours after extubation and assessed for the occurrence and severity of post op sore throat.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Correlation of age, Mallampati class, intubation attempts, duration of surgery with the occurrence of post operative sore throat.Timepoint: Final assessment of the secondary outcome will be done 24 hour after observing for post op sore throat.—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Geetha CR

MS Ramaiah medical college

jageedha@yahoo.com9900482828

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026