Amanta L Ittoop, Priyanka Gupta, Gaurav Jain, Nidhi Tyagi, Jhansi Eda, Shafiq Shajahan
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Postoperative sore throat (POST) is a minor but distressing complication following general anesthesia. The current literature on the effect of preoperative nebulization with dexmedetomidine, or ketamine on POST is, however, sparse. So, we compared the effect of preoperative nebulization with these drugs on POST. MATERIAL AND METHODS: One hundred and thirty-two American Society of Anaesthesiology (ASA) grade I-II patients undergoing elective laparoscopic surgeries under general anesthesia were randomized into three equal groups: D, K, or C to receive dexmedetomidine, ketamine, or saline as preoperative nebulization, respectively...
2023: Journal of Anaesthesiology, Clinical Pharmacology