NCT04184778

Does Tracheal Tube Size Affect Patient's Experience of Postoperative Sore Throat and Hoarseness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 261 (actual)
• Sponsor: Regionshospital Nordjylland · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

How tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness

Detailed description

A randomised controlled study studying how tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness. The patients are randomised on the basis of gender. Men are randomized to tube size 8.0 (usual) or 7.0. Women are randomized to tube size 7.0 (usual) or 6.0.

Conditions

• Sore Throat
• Hoarseness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Smaller tube size	Comparing how tube size affect patient's experience of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness in men and women.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2020-12-31
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2019-12-04
• Last updated: 2021-06-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Denmark