Health Condition 1: O- Medical and Surgical
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Prophylactic ZINC lOZENGES: sealed and coded envelope with zinc lozenges will be given to the patient, with instruction of sucking it in mouth 30 min prior to surgery
Control Intervent
Sponsors
Department of Anaesthesiology Hamidia Hospital Gandhi medical college Bhopal
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ASA Grade 1 and 2
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Patient refusal 2.Patients aged below 18 and above 60 years 3.Patients with risk of aspiration 4.Smoker 5.Patient with Recent history of sore throat or URTI 6.Malampatti grade(MG) greater than II and patients with allergy to zinc were excluded from the study 7.Pregnant patient 8.Traumatic or more than one attempt at intubation also lead to exclusion from the study.The presence of traumatic intubation in form of blood in the oropharynx was visually confirmed. 9.Coagulopathies
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the effect of Zinc Lozenges on Post-operative sore throat (POST)Timepoint: At 0 min,30min,2hrs,4hrs,24hrs after extubation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To observe Hoarseness of voice. Timepoint: At 0min,30min,2hrs,4hrs,24hrs after extubation. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDrSandeep Rathore
Gandhi medical college and associate Hospitals
Outcome results
None listed