Open AccessEffects of Preoperative Gum Chewing on Sore Throat After General Anesthesia With a Supraglottic Airway Device: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Tingting Wang,
Qi Wang,
Haiyang Zhou,
Shiyao Huang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000004664
Subject(s) - medicine , sore throat , anesthesia , interquartile range , randomized controlled trial , odds ratio , confidence interval , airway , incidence (geometry) , airway management , surgery , laryngeal masks , laryngeal mask airway , physics , optics
Postoperative sore throat (POST) is not uncommon after general anesthesia with a supraglottic airway (SGA) device. Although it was reported that some pharmacological and nonpharmacological measures can reduce POST, because of limitations and variable success rates, we need to find a simpler and more effective way to alleviate POST.