Dexmedetomidine Versus Lidocaine in Attenuating Airway Reflexes During Recovery of Thyroidectomy Patients

Summary

It is widely believed that most of the patients experience a cough upon emergence from general anesthesia, due to many causes including the presence of an endotracheal tube, uncleared secretions and anesthetic gas. Cough during tracheal extubation may lead to several complications, such as hypertension, tachycardia and postoperative bleeding. In this study the investigators are going to compare the effectiveness of intravenous Dexmedetomidine and intravenous lidocaine in attenuating the air way reflexes and coughing during recovery of thyroidectomy patients.

Timeline

Start

2022-09-01

Primary completion

2024-01-01

Completion

2024-09-01

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper The incidence of cough were significantly lower in the LIDO group (28.3%) and the DEX group (31.7%) than that in the CON group (66.7%) (P = 0.000). PMID 31054568 ↗

Publications

• Results Hu S, Li Y, Wang S, Xu S, Ju X, Ma L. Effects of intravenous infusion of lidocaine and dexmedetomidine on inhibiting cough during the tracheal extubation period after thyroid surgery. BMC Anesthesiol. 2019 May 4;19(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12871-019-0739-1.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.