Lidocaine vs control (air/saline): Sore throat
lidocaine may leads to lower risk of sore throat 12 hours to 30 hours after the operation compared with control (air/saline) (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
lidocaine vs control (air/saline) Risk of sore throat 12 hours to 30 hours after the operation · patients presenting with postoperative sore throat lidocaine may leads to lower risk of sore throat 12 hours to 30 hours after the operation compared with control (air/saline) (low certainty). Lidocaine for preventing postoperative sore throat (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.64 [0.48, 0.85] | 16 studies · 1744 participants | Low |
lidocaine vs control (air/saline) Severity of sore throat 12 hours to 30 hours after the operation · patients presenting with postoperative sore throat Lidocaine for preventing postoperative sore throat (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 611 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lidocaine for preventing postoperative sore throat 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.