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Post-operative Sore Throat and Gum Chewing for Long Duration LMA Use

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The purpose of this study is to determine if chewing gum immediately prior to transport to the operating room reduces the severity of post-operative sore throat in patients who have an LMA placed for procedures with duration greater than 1 hour.

I'm interested

Male or Female
18 years and over
This study is NOT accepting healthy volunteers
Inclusion Criteria:

• having outpatient ambulatory surgery
• receiving general anesthesia utilizing a laryngeal mask airway
• surgery expected to last longer than 1 hour
Exclusion Criteria:

• chronic laryngitis
• chronic bronchitis
• asthma
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• smoked within the last week
• non-English speaking

Breathing, Lung & Sleep Health

Clinics and Surgery Center (CSC), Anesthesia, Surgery

Jonah Pearson - pears731@umn.edu
Jacob Hutchins
N/A
STUDY00012614
See this study on ClinicalTrials.gov

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