NCT02114021

Effect of Betamethasone Gel and Lidocaine Jelly on Sore Throat, Cough and Hoarseness of

Effect of Betamethasone Gel and Lidocaine Jelly Applied Over Tracheal Tube Cuff on Post Operative Sore Throat, Cough and Hoarseness of Voice on the Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of betamethasone gel and lidocaine jelly (over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome incidence. This study has not been carried out in Iran. 99 patients of either sex undergoing elective surgery were recruited in a single blind randomized study. The patients, using randomization table, were divided into three groups. Anesthetics and medications used during surgery were similar for all the patients. For the all patients, the incidence of postoperative sore throat, cough and hoarseness of the voice in the different follow-up periods (1, 6 and 24 hours) based on the different types of medications were obtained.

Conditions

• Sore Throat
• Cough

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	betamethasone gel	betamethasone gel (over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome incidence.
DRUG	lidocaine jelly	the effect of lidocaine jelly (over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome incidence.
DRUG	distilled water	The effect of betamethasone gel and lidocaine jelly (over tracheal tube cuff) compared with distilled water on the post intubation syndrome incidence.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-03-01
• First posted: 2014-04-15
• Last updated: 2014-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Iran