Occurrence of sore throat, cough, hoarseness and throat severity.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: The first intervention group: In the first intervention group, gargling 15-20 drops of normal saline will be administered to the patients 2 hours before the start of surgery and immedi
Sponsors
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: • Patients under general anesthesia with intratracheal intubation • Not having a history of allergy to herbal medicine (especially the components of sage and Alcea plants or other plants from the same family) • Patients with physical condition 1 and 2 (PS or ASA) (either do not have an underlying disease or have a controlled underlying disease.) • Absence of underlying diseases of the oral cavity • Absence of specific diseases related to sore throat, such as viral and bacterial diseases. • Not taking certain drugs, especially NSAIDs, narcotics, benzodiazepines, and neuropsychiatric drugs • Age between 18 and 65 years (5) • Patients who do not have any doubts about difficult intubation during clinical examination. • Abdominal surgery that does not last more than two hours. (14) • Patients do not suffer from chronic cough and allergies
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: • The inability of the patient to continue to cooperate for any reason, such as a decrease in the level of consciousness, the death of the patient, etc.• Lack of complete access to the patient• Changing the anesthesia method during surgery for any reason• Performing intubation and laryngoscopy more than once for the patient• Length of laryngoscopy for intubation more than 30 seconds• Patients who have difficult general anesthesia and intubation process.• If the duration of surgery lasts more than 2 hours.• If NGT is used for the patient.• People who use a tracheal tube other than size 5/7 for women and 8 for men.• The patient's unwillingness to continue treatment and cooperation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sore throat severity score based on VAS scale. Timepoint: before discharge from recovery and 6 hours later in the respective inpatient department. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Percentage of people with sore throat. Timepoint: before discharge from recovery and 6 hours later in the respective inpatient department. Method of measurement: Assessment of the incidence of sore throat from the patient's own statements and observation and recording by a trained assistant of the researcher in the checklist.;Cough incidence score in the scoring system designed by Harding and McVeigh. Timepoint: before discharge from recovery and 6 hours later in the respective inpatient department. Method of measurement: Harding and McVay scoring system.;Hoarseness occurrence score in the scoring system designed by Harding and McVey. Timepoint: before discharge from recovery and 6 hours later in the respective inpatient department. Method of measurement: Harding and McVay scoring system. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactFatemeh Shahnazari
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed