POSTOPERATIVE THROAT COMPLAINTS AFTER TRACHEAL INTUBATION

We have investigated the incidence of throat complaints 6-24 h after t racheal intubation in 1325 patients. Variables such as anaesthetic dru g, intubation time, number of intubation attempts, gastric tube, sex a nd age were recorded. The incidence of sore throat was considerably lo wer (14.4%) compared with other reports in the literature and was sign ificantly greater in females (17.0% vs 9.0%) and after thyroid surgery . The incidence of sore throat was not increased after multiple intuba tion attempts or after administration of suxamethonium or a non-depola rizing neuromuscular blocker.