Abstract
ACKGROUND: Effect of intravenously administered dexamethasone in reducing the incidence and severity of post operative sore throat in patients receiving general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of dexamthasone administered intravenously preoperative in reducing post opretive sore throat METHODS: 80 patients receiving general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation in randomized double blinded placebo controlled were randomly assigned to two groups: group1(control) patients receiving normal saline 2 mLiv and group 2 (D) patients received dexamethasone 8 mg iv. After surgery, visual analogue scale(VAS) scores at rest and with effort (swallowing movment) for post operative sore throat were recorded. RESULTS: This study revealed that post operative sore throat during the first 24 hr following surgery was lower in dexamethasone group(D) compared to the control group(C).Nine (22.4%) patients in the dexamethasone group had postoperative sore throat, compared to 23(57.5%)patients in the control group (p
Recommended Citation
Haider, Hassan Sarhaan and Al-Ali, Bashar Taha
(2013)
"The Role of Dexamethasone in Reducing the Severity of Postoperative Sore Throat,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 12:
Iss.
3, Article 22.
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol12/iss3/22