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No increased incidence of postoperative sore throat after administration of suxamethonium in endotracheal anaesthesia
Author(s) -
Jørgensen L. N.,
Weber M.,
Pedersen A.,
Münster M.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1987.tb02661.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , anesthesia , incidence (geometry) , droperidol , fentanyl , endotracheal intubation , endotracheal tube , intubation , general anaesthesia , ketamine , throat , surgery , physics , optics
Sixty patients were divided into two groups (A and B) of 30 patients each to investigate the effect of using suxamethonium in endotracheal anaesthesia on the incidence of postoperative sore throat. The patients were anaesthetized with thiopentone, fentanyl, droperidol, N 2 O and pancuronium. Before endotracheal intubation with a Mallinckrodt® lo‐pro™‐tube, patients in Group A were given pancuronium, whereas patients in Group B were given suxamethonium. There was no difference in the incidence or severity of sore throat 20–30 h postoperatively between the two groups ( P = 0.5). The type 2 error (β) was low (the risk of overlooking a “true” difference in incidence of 0.20 was calculated to be 0.04). These results contradict those of a recent study, which demonstrated an increased incidence of postoperative sore throat following the use of suxamethonium in mask anaesthesia.