NCT01305265

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

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

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 141 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, San Francisco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Post Operative Sore Throat
• Dysphagia
• Hoarseness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	cuff manometer	endotracheal tube cuff will be inflated to 22-26 cm H20 using cuff manometer

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-02-28
• Last updated: 2014-02-26
• Results posted: 2014-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States