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Abstract
Aim: To evaluate the effect of cooled endotracheal tubes on the incidence of postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, coughing, and dysphagia after endotracheal intubation.
Methods: This randomized controlled trial enrolled patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation at Adana Dr Turgut Noyan Hospital between April and September 2023. The patients were randomly assigned to be intubated with endotracheal tubes refrigerated at +4 °C for 4-6 hours before intubation (n=66) or with endotracheal tubes kept at the operating room temperature (+20-23 °C) (n=70). The incidence of sore throat, hoarseness, coughing, and dysphagia was recorded at 1, 4, 12, and 24 hours postoperatively.
Results: The groups did not significantly differ in the incidence of sore throat, hoarseness, and coughing at 1 hour and 24 hours. They also did not differ in the incidence of dysphagia at 24 hours.
Conclusion: Cooled endotracheal tubes are not superior to tubes kept at operating room temperature in reducing postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, coughing, or dysphagia.
期刊介绍:
Croatian Medical Journal (CMJ) is an international peer reviewed journal open to scientists from all fields of biomedicine and health related research.
Although CMJ welcomes all contributions that increase and expand on medical knowledge, the two areas are of the special interest: topics globally relevant for biomedicine and health and medicine in developing and emerging countries.