No registrations found.
ID
Source
Brief title
Health condition
Sore throat
Foul smell
Recovery
Sponsors and support
Intervention
Outcome measures
Primary outcome
Reduce sore throat and foul smell after general anaesthesia
Secondary outcome
Scoring on the Quality of Recovery QoR-40 Questionnaire.
Background summary
A lot of times the anaesthesia used during surgery leaves a foul taste in the mouth and a sore throat as side effect. Recently a hospital announced that they give patients ice cream after surgery because “it improves the wellbeing of the patient after recovery”. It seemed that this conclusion was not based after any rigid scientific research but on observations only.
Patients who underwent surgery after general anaesthesia postoperative mostly complain about a sore throat and a foul taste. The sore throat is caused by the intubation and the foul smell is caused by the anaesthesia damps. Careful insertion techniques for both the tracheal tube and laryngeal mask are of importance in the prevention of airway trauma and postoperative sore throat
Despite this, the problems of sore throat and foul smell still is a complaint of many patients.
After a search in PubMed we did not find any study describing the effect of ice on the quality of recovery. Only the use of ice after tonsillectomy is described.
We hypothesize that offering patient after bariatric surgery water ice cream will reduce the side effects of sore throat and foul smell and in general increase the quality of recovery.
Study objective
We hypothesize that offering patient after general surgery water ice cream will reduce the side effects of sore throat and foul smell and in general increase the quality of recovery.
Study design
30-60 days
Intervention
Offering water ice cream after bariatric surgery (rocket ice cream)
Pieter Stepaniak
Michelangelolaan 2
Eindhoven 5623EJ
The Netherlands
+31 (0) 40 239 1111 / + 31 (0) 6 8152 7385
pieter.stepaniak@gmail.com
Pieter Stepaniak
Michelangelolaan 2
Eindhoven 5623EJ
The Netherlands
+31 (0) 40 239 1111 / + 31 (0) 6 8152 7385
pieter.stepaniak@gmail.com
Inclusion criteria
In order to be eligible to participate in this study, a subject must meet all of the following criteria: Adult patients who underwent elective bariatric procedure and are willing/able to eat water ice cream 30-60 min after surgery.
Exclusion criteria
Patients who are not stable after surgery
Patients admitted for re-operation within one week, emergency patients.
Design
Recruitment
Followed up by the following (possibly more current) registration
No registrations found.
Other (possibly less up-to-date) registrations in this register
No registrations found.
In other registers
| Register | ID |
|---|---|
| NTR-new | NL4803 |
| NTR-old | NTR4943 |
| Other | : METC 2014-73 |
Summary results
Bathala S, Eccles R. A review on the mechanism of sore throat in tonsillitis. J Laryngol Otol. 2013 Mar;127(3):227-32
Agarwal A, Gupta D, Yadav G, Goyal P, Singh PK, Singh U. An evaluation of the efficacy of licorice gargle for attenuating postoperative sore throat: a prospective, randomized, single-blind study. Anesth Analg. 2009 Jul;109(1):77-81