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Postoperative sore throat related to the use of a Guedel airway
Author(s) -
Browne B.,
Adams C. N.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1988.tb06697.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , anesthesia , enflurane , airway , incidence (geometry) , alfentanil , throat , significant difference , surgery , halothane , propofol , physics , optics
Summary Eighty‐eight patients in ASA classes 1 or 2 and aged between 18 65 years, who were to undergo anaesthesia, were allocated randomly to a group with or without an airway. Methohexitone, nitrous oxide, alfentanil and enflurane were used, with the patients breathing spontaneously. This study showed that there was no significant difference between the two groups in the incidence of sore throat, or any other related symptom, and concludes that the use of an oropharyngeal airway does not increase morbidity among nonintubated patients.