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A randomized trial of three lubrication strategies on sore throat after insertion of the LMA^® Classic™ supraglottic airway

Authors: William P. S. McKay, MD, Jurgen Maslany, MD, Edward P. Schubert, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 7/2018

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To the Editor,

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Patient characteristics and outcome data

Variable	Control group	Muko group	Lidocaine jelly group	P values
Age (yr)	46 (15)	40 (15)	47 (15)
Gender (M\|F)	19\|41	19\|56	15\|48
Height (cm)	165 (8)	167 (8)	162 (7)
Weight (kg)	80 (15)	77 (15)	74 (16)
ASA I\|II	40\|20	49\|27	35\|28
Throat pain day 0	0 [0-0.5] (0 to 0)	0 [0-1] (0 to 0)	0 [0-0] (0 to 0)	0.52
Throat pain day 1	0 [0-0.9] (0 to 0)	0 [0-0.5] (0 to 0)	0 [0-0] (0 to 0)	0.56
Cough	0 [0-0] (0 to 0)	0 [0-0] (0 to 0)	0 [0-0] (0 to 0)	0.91
Insertion attempts	One: 55 Two: 5 Three: 0	One: 62 Two: 9 Three: 1	One: 52 Two: 4 Three: 1 Abandoned: 1	0.59
Range of cough scores in PACU	0 to 3	0 to 2	0 to 2

ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists; PACU = postanesthesia care unit

Mean (standard deviation) if normally distributed; median [interquartile range] (95% confidence interval for median) if non-normally distributed

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Trial registration was not available at the time, but the protocol and Research Ethics Board approval are available as online Electronic Supplementary Material.

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Title: A randomized trial of three lubrication strategies on sore throat after insertion of the LMA® Classic™ supraglottic airway
Authors: William P. S. McKay, MD
Jurgen Maslany, MD
Edward P. Schubert, MD
Publication date: 01-07-2018
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1132-0

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