A randomized trial of three lubrication strategies on sore throat after insertion of the LMA® Classic™ supraglottic airway
Patient characteristics and outcome data
Variable |
Control group |
Muko group |
Lidocaine jelly group |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (yr) |
46 (15) |
40 (15) |
47 (15) |
|
Gender (M|F) |
19|41 |
19|56 |
15|48 |
|
Height (cm) |
165 (8) |
167 (8) |
162 (7) |
|
Weight (kg) |
80 (15) |
77 (15) |
74 (16) |
|
ASA I|II |
40|20 |
49|27 |
35|28 |
|
Throat pain day 0 |
0 [0-0.5] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-1] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-0] (0 to 0) |
0.52 |
Throat pain day 1 |
0 [0-0.9] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-0.5] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-0] (0 to 0) |
0.56 |
Cough |
0 [0-0] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-0] (0 to 0) |
0 [0-0] (0 to 0) |
0.91 |
Insertion attempts |
One: 55 Two: 5 Three: 0 |
One: 62 Two: 9 Three: 1 |
One: 52 Two: 4 Three: 1 Abandoned: 1 |
0.59 |
Range of cough scores in PACU |
0 to 3 |
0 to 2 |
0 to 2 |
Notes
Conflicts of interest
No author has any commercial or non-commercial affiliations other associations, such as consultancies, that are or may be perceived to be a conflict of interest with the work.
Editorial responsibility
This submission was handled by Dr. Hilary P. Grocott, Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia.
Funding
Department of Anesthesia, University of Saskatchewan.
Supplementary material
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