Heated Circuit on Sore Throat

Keimyung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: General Anesthesia

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

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03693417

HeatPOSTSingle

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 endotracheal intubation for general anesthesia.

Enrollment: 92 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ASA I-III
• Patients scheduled for general anesthesia with 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: Triple Blind

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92 participants in 2 patient groups

Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Heated circuit off

Heat

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Heated circuit on