Ropivacaine vs Lidocaine in the Endotracheal Tube Cuff on Post-Operative Sore Throat

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

In elective gynecology and general surgery patients age 18 and over requiring endotracheal tube (ETT) intubation, what is the efficacy of ropivacaine 0.5% vs. lidocaine 2% as the medium to inflate the ETT cuff, compared to the standard of air, in reducing the incidence and severity of POST on post-op day one?

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Saskatchewan
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Pharmaceutical Solutions; Ropivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elective gynecology and general surgery patients

• Age 18 or older

• Must be coming for a surgical procedure that requires having a general -anesthetic requiring endotracheal intubation

• Must be admitted to hospital for more than one day

• ASA class 1-3 inclusive

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pre-operative sore throat the day of of recruitment

• Upper respiratory tract infection in the previous 4 weeks

• Intra-operative use of transesophageal echocardiography