General Anesthesia
Conditions
Keywords
pharyngitis, intubation, heat
Brief summary
This investigation is planned to compare the incidence and severity of postoperative sore throat according to the use of heated breathing circuit in patients undergoing endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia.
Interventions
DEVICEHeated circuit on
Heated circuit will be turned on.
DEVICEHeated circuit off
Heated circuit will be turned off.
Sponsors
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* ASA I-III * Patients scheduled for general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation
Exclusion criteria
* Difficult airway * Mallampatti scores greater than 2 * Recent sore throat * Cervical spine disease * Recent upper respiratory infection * Recent analgesics * History of head and neck surgery * Friable teeth * Multiple intubation attempts
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Number of participants with postoperative sore throat for postoperative 24 hour | At 24 hour |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants with postoperative sore throat | At 2, 4, and 24 hour | — |
| Number of participants with postoperative hoarseness | At 2, 4, and 24 hour | — |
| Wound pain scores | At 2, 4, and 24 hour | Visual analogue scales will be used (10: most imaginable pain, 0: no pain). |
Contacts
Primary ContactHyun-Chang Kim
Outcome results
None listed