Does Tracheal Tube Size Affect Patient's Experience of Postoperative Sore Throat and Hoarseness

Vendsyssel Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hoarseness; Sore Throat

Treatments: Device: Smaller tube size

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04184778

RHN_DMK_06

Details and patient eligibility

About

How tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness

Full 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.

Enrollment: 261 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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261 participants in 4 patient groups

Woman tube size 6.0

Experimental group

Description:

Smaller tube than normal

Treatment:

Device: Smaller tube size

Woman tube size 7.0

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual tube size

Man tube size 7.0

Experimental group

Description:

Smaller tube than normal

Treatment:

Device: Smaller tube size

Man tube size 8.0

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual tube size