Postoperative sore throat

Dostalova, Katerina; Doubravská, Lenka; Fritscherova, Sarka; Pospı́šilová, Dagmar; Adamus, Milan

doi:10.1097/00003643-201006121-00794

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“…There are several common complications of general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation including post-operative sore throat (POST), post-extubation cough (PEC), and hoarseness of voice (HOV) that result in distress and morbidity. Previous literature reported variation in the frequency of postoperative airway symptoms ranging from 20% to as high as 100% for POST, [1][2][3][4] 40-60% for HOV, 5,6 and 30-50% for PEC. 4,5 Furthermore, the anesthetist always tries to prevent these airway symptoms during and after endotracheal extubation especially post-extubation cough (PEC) because there are certain adverse effects of (PEC) that include an increase in intraocular pressure, increase in intracranial pressure and hemodynamic instability.…”

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Comparison Between The Effects of Betamethasone Gel And Lidocaine Jelly To Reduce PostOperative Tracheal Tube Related Airway Symptoms

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Abbas

Asghar

et al. 2022

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Objective: To determine the role of betamethasone gel and lidocaine jelly on reducing the post-operative airway complications related to tracheal tube. Study Design: Comparative prospective study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Anesthesia, Liaquat National Hospital, from Jul 2019 to Jan 2020. Methodology: A total of 150 patients were randomly assigned into three different groups; group-B (0.05% betamethasone gel), group-L (tube lubricated with 2% lidocaine jelly) and group-C (intubated with un-lubricated tubes). Patients were assigned by using lottery method, which was carried out by a research assistant who was not involved in the study. There were 50 patients in each group. Results: Post-operative sore throat and post-extubation cough at 24-hours were statistically insignificant (p>0.05) between groups while hoarseness of voice at 24-hours postoperatively was significant (p<0.05) in all the groups. The overall difference for severity of postoperative sore throat, hoarseness of voice and post-extubation cough at24 hours in the groups B, L, and C were statistically significant (<0.05). Conclusion: The application of betamethasone gel on endotracheal tube before intubation reduces the post-extubation cough, severity of post-operative sore throat, hoarseness of voice and post-extubation cough in comparison with the application of lidocaine jelly and un-lubricated ETT.

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