Heated Breathing Circuit on Postoperative Sore Throat After Double-lumen Endobronchial Tube Insertion

Keimyung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lung Surgery

Treatments: Device: Heated breathing circuit off; Device: Heated breathing circuit on

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03689127

Heated Circuit POST

Details and patient eligibility

About

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 double-lumen endotracheal intubation.

Enrollment: 106 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I-III
• Patients scheduled for double-lumen 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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106 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Heated breathing circuit will be turned off.

Treatment:

Device: Heated breathing circuit off

Heat

Experimental group

Description:

Heated breathing circuit will be turned on.

Treatment:

Device: Heated breathing circuit on