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Sore throat in women after intubation with 6.5 or 7.0mm endotracheal tube: A quantitative study
- Source :
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 30:318-324
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2014.
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Abstract
- Summary Background Women experience more sore throats than men after endotracheal intubation. Aim The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of self-rated sore throat immediately, and 2–4 hours postoperatively, in women after elective gynaecological surgery under general anaesthesia using an endotracheal tube (ETT) size 6.5 or 7.0 mm in inner diameter. Method Eighty-two female participants who had undergone elective gynaecological surgery participated, 44 and 38 were intubated with size 6.5 mm ETT and 7.0 mm ETT respectively. They estimated the occurrence of sore throat preoperatively and postoperatively, according to a 4-point Likert scale. Statistical data were analysed using the Package for Social Science (SPSS) 19. Results Sore throat was present in 29.5% of participants who were intubated with size 6.5 mm ETT immediately postoperatively and in 39.5% of those who were intubated with size 7.0 mm ETT. Conclusion Nurses specialising in the supervision of daily care specific to the intubated patient should note and alleviate sore throat as part of their nursing care.
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_treatment
Endotracheal intubation
Critical Care Nursing
Nursing care
Gynecologic Surgical Procedures
Postoperative Complications
Sex Factors
Intubation, Intratracheal
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
Sore throat
medicine
Humans
Intubation
Inner diameter
General anaesthesia
Aged
Endotracheal tube
Postoperative Care
business.industry
Pharyngitis
Middle Aged
Gynaecological surgery
stomatognathic diseases
Anesthesia
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09643397
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f57aae557ec4aef118d1f96ebb8b6afe