Ketamin Kumur Efektif untuk Mengurangi Sore Throat Pascaintubasi

Tracheal intubation is a foremost cause of trauma to the airway mucosa, resulting in post operative sore throat (POST) with reported incidences of 6–50%. We compared the effectiveness of ketamine gargles compared to placebo in preventing POST after endotracheal general anesthesia. One of the POST preventions by using ketamine gargle before induction, because ketamine has anti-nociceptive and anti-inflamatory properties Fifty, ASA I–II, patients undergoing elective surgery for gynecologic under general anaesthesia endotracheal were enrolled in a double blind randomized controlled trial study at Central Operating Theatre (COT) Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung during April–June 2009. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups< of 25 subjects each: Group I, receiving ketamine 0,5 mg/kgBW in saline 30 mL; Group II, receiving saline 30 mL. Patients were asked to gargle this mixture for 30 second, 5 minutes before induction of anaesthesia. POST was graded at 0, 2, 4, and 24 h after operation on a four-point scale (0–3). POST occurred more frequently in Group II, when compared with Group I, at 0, 2, and 4 h and significantly more patients suffered POST in Group II compared with Group I (p<0.05). The conclusions of this study revealed that ketamine< gargles reduces the incidence and degree of POST