Efficacy of continuous intravenous infusion of lidocaine on postoperative sore throat after laryngeal mask insertion: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This randomized controlled trial was performed to explore efficacy of continuous intravenous infusion of lidocaine on postoperative sore throat after laryngeal mask insertion.

Methods

In this prospective trial one hundred and sixty general anesthesia surgery patients (20 to 60 years) using laryngeal mask airway were randomly divided into control group (Group C, saline as placebo), lidocaine gel group (Group LG, lidocaine gel applied to the surface of the laryngeal mask), single intravenous lidocaine group (Group SL, intravenous lidocaine 1.5 mg/kg at induction of anesthesia) and continuous infusion of lidocaine group (Group CL, a bolus of 1.5 mg/kg, followed by an infusion of 2 mg/kg/h until the end of the surgical). The primary outcomes were the incidence and sev

SUBMITTER: Jiang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806593 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature