Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Ketamine gargles and post operative sore throat after laryngeal mask airway use.

Poonam S Ghodki, Noopur D Singh

Abstract :

The aim of the study was to compare the effectiveness of ketamine gargles with placebo in attenuating POST after LMA. Fifty female patients for elective surgery were enrolled in this prospective and randomized trial and were randomly allocated in to two groups of 25 each. Group K received 50mg preservative free ketamine (1ml) in 29 ml of saline, while group C received 30 ml of saline for gargling for 30 seconds, five minutes before induction. POST was graded at 0, 4 and 24 hours after surgery on a four point scale (0–3). The incidence of POST was higher in group C as compared with group K (p

Keywords :

Article: Download PDF   DOI : 10.36106/ijsr  

Cite This Article:

Poonam S Ghodki,Noopur D Singh Ketamine gargles and post operative sore throat after laryngeal mask airway use. International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 11 November 2014

Number of Downloads : 1091

References :