Endotracheal tube size and sore throat following surgery: A randomized-controlled study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Jaensson, M ^a   Olowsson, L L ^a   Nilsson, U ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SORE THROAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIEMETICS; ATRACURIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGITIS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION; PROPOFOL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 74549185000     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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