Intracuff lidocaine 2% for prevention of postoperative cough and sore throat
Background Tracheal intubation results in an alteration of the laryngeal mucosa. Coughing during emergence from general anesthesia is a common clinical problem. Inflation of the endotracheal tube cuff with lidocaine would create a reservoir of local anesthetic, which might diffuse across the cuff me...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.azmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1687-1693;year=2018;volume=16;issue=1;spage=43;epage=48;aulast=Younes |