“…Along with causing discomfort to the patient, it prolongs the post-operative stay by 14 minutes compared with people who did not complain of POST [2] The overall incidence of POST is 21-65% [3][4][5] Many studies have shown that gargling with ketamine prior to induction is one of the effective means of reducing the incidence and severity of POST by 50% and only one study on pre induction nebulised ketamine had shown decreased in the incidence of POST. The present study is done to compare the effectiveness of preoperative ketamine gargle with preoperative ketamine nebulisation in reducing the incidence and severity of POST.…”
“…Along with causing discomfort to the patient, it prolongs the post-operative stay by 14 minutes compared with people who did not complain of POST [2] The overall incidence of POST is 21-65% [3][4][5] Many studies have shown that gargling with ketamine prior to induction is one of the effective means of reducing the incidence and severity of POST by 50% and only one study on pre induction nebulised ketamine had shown decreased in the incidence of POST. The present study is done to compare the effectiveness of preoperative ketamine gargle with preoperative ketamine nebulisation in reducing the incidence and severity of POST.…”
“…Generally, POST is resolved spontaneously without specific treatment; however, many patients complain of POST after general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation. Several pharmacological and non-pharmacological trials have been performed to decrease POST [1,[10][11][12][13][14]. Kalil et al [15] reported that preoperative ketamine and aspirin gargle was the most promising pharmacological method for providers practicing in the United States.…”
“…This was supported by one study [8]. But many studies did not agree with this finding [6,7,11,12,[17][18][19][20]. In our IJBR (2015) 6 (07) www.ssjournals.com study the maximum duration of anaesthesia was 758 minutes.…”
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confidence: 53%
“…Many studies have found that the incidence of postoperative sore throat did not correlate with the age of the patient [6,11,14,18,20]. But Sprague et al [19] have found that the postoperative sore throat incidence was greater in the under forty age group than in the older group.…”
Objective: To assess the incidence of sore throat and hoarseness caused by endotracheal intubation. To observe if lignocaine or dexamethasone throat spray would alter the incidence of sore throat Materials and methods: Adult patients of either sex who underwent general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation were included in this randomised double blind study. Three hundred patients who had general anaesthesia with endotracheal intubation were randomly allocated into three groups -Group A, Group B and Group C following block randomisation. Nature of the study was explained to the patient and verbal consent obtained. Group A -2ml of dexamethasone (8mg) was sprayed Group B -2ml of 4% lignocaine was sprayed in this group. Group C -2ml of normal saline was used in this group. Postoperatively between 12-24 hours patients were invited to find out if any sore throat or hoarseness of voice was present. Verbal analogue scoring system was used. Results: Postoperatively sore throat was present in 26% in group A, 33% in group B and 28% in group C. Hoarseness was present in 20% in group A, 23% in group B and 18% in group C. Sore throat and hoarseness were present in 37% in group A, 45% in group B and 39% in group C. Conclusion: Neither dexamethasone nor lignocaine throat spray were useful in reducing postoperative sore throat and hoarseness.
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