Post-operative Sore Throat as Determined by Endotracheal Tube Inflation Technique

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dysphagia; Hoarseness; Post Operative Sore Throat

Treatments: Device: cuff manometer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01305265

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether the incidence of sore throat and other tracheal co-morbidities such as dysphagia and hoarseness can be lessened by use of a cuff manometer at the beginning of surgery to inflate to the proper pressure compared to the standard technique.

The investigators hypothesis is that inflation of the endotracheal balloon using a cuff manometer immediately after intubation will reduce the incidence of sore throat and other tracheal co-morbidities.

Enrollment: 141 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Scheduled for general anesthesia requiring endotracheal intubation with planned duration of at least 2 hours
• ASA I-3

Exclusion criteria

• Planned prolonged intubation
• Planned postoperative ICU admission
• Non English speaking
• Mentally impaired
• Existing tracheal stoma
• Nasogastric tube in place preoperative
• Thyroid / intra-oral surgery
• Previous general anesthesia within the last 2 weeks
• Use of steroids within one week before surgery (IV,inhaled, oral)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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141 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Endotracheal tube will be adjusted to 22-26 cm H20 pressure immediately post intubation using a cuff manometer

Treatment:

Device: cuff manometer

control

No Intervention group

Description:

endotracheal tube cuff will be inflated using standard technique