Hoarseness, Sore Throat
Conditions
Keywords
postoperative, Tube size, Patient experience
Brief summary
How tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness
Detailed description
A randomised controlled study studying how tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness. The patients are randomised on the basis of gender. Men are randomized to tube size 8.0 (usual) or 7.0. Women are randomized to tube size 7.0 (usual) or 6.0.
Interventions
DEVICESmaller tube size
Comparing how tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness in men and women.
Sponsors
Regionshospital Nordjylland
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Need for intubation * Elective surgery * ASA Group I and II * Understands and speaks Danish * give one's consent
Exclusion criteria
* Known dementia * SARI score \>4 * BMI \> 35 * Acute intubation * attempt intubation \> 2 * known with previously difficult intubation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sore throat after intubation | 7 days | Survey - experienced postoperative sore throat after intubation. A scale from 1-4 is used; 1 indicated no sore throat and 4 indicated seriously sore throat. |
| Hoarseness after intubation | 7 days | Survey - experienced postoperative hoarseness after intubation. A scale from 1-4 is used; 1 indicated no hoarseness and 4 indicated seriously hoarseness. |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed