Trial reportCroatian medical journal2025
The effect of cooled endotracheal tubes on postoperative sore throat: a randomized controlled study.
Trial report in Croatian medical journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate the effect of cooled endotracheal tubes on the incidence of postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, coughing, and dysphagia after endotracheal intubation.
methodsThis 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.
resultsThe 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.
conclusionCooled endotracheal tubes are not superior to tubes kept at operating room temperature in reducing postoperative sore throat, hoarseness, coughing, or dysphagia.
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