Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 50%Moderate 1 · 50%High 0 · 0%

Sore throat · 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).

2 findings from 1 review

Lidocaine for preventing postoperative sore throat 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.64 [0.48, 0.85]
16 studies · 1744 participants
Low
Lidocaine for preventing postoperative sore throat 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
6 studies · 611 participants
Moderate