Sir,?It has always been the task of Ayurvedic and Unani jarrahs (surgeons) to treat the local sore and they are doing it with commendable success. Observations and experience amply prove that the indigenous treatment of this sore is very effective, cheap and quick. The allopathic treatment of to-day with carbon dioxide snow is a very lengthy treatment. In practice, I find that the sore takes a ...

conclusions the incidence and severity of sore throat and hoarseness after tracheal intubation by glide scope were lower than in the macintosh laryngoscope. the incidence and severity of sore throat were increased by intubation and longer operation times. patients and methods three hundred patients were randomly allocated into two groups of 150: macintosh blade laryngoscope or glide scope video...

Introduction: Postoperative sore throat is a common complaint in patients with endotracheal intubation and has potentially dangerous complications. This randomized controlled trial study investigated the incidence of postoperative sore throat after general anesthesia when betamethasone gel is applied to a tracheal tube compared with when IV dexamethasone is prescribed.   Materials and Methods: ...

When is iterative diagnosis used? General practitioners will recognise that they often formulate one or more presumptive hypotheses as the patient walks into the room or when they start speaking: a “hang dog” demeanour suggests depression; a unilateral stiff arm gait suggests parkinsonism; the acute onset of vertigo when rolling over in bed suggests benign positional vertigo. The general practi...

'The child has been happy and in good health when suddenly a strange, terrifying feeling comes over him, the world goes black and he awakes to find himself in bed, the family excited and worried, and the doctor beside him. Big words are spoken, medicine prescribed, and he is made to stay in bed for the rest of the day with a dull headache and nothing to do. What happened, why all the excitement...

BACKGROUND Postoperative throat complications, such as sore throat and hoarseness, are frequent complications of tracheal intubation. To assess whether severity of throat complications is related to the experience of physicians performing tracheal intubation, we compared the incidence and duration of postoperative sore throat and hoarseness and patient satisfaction between tracheal intubation p...

BACKGROUND Antibiotics are sometimes used to prevent recurrent sore throat, despite concern about resistance. However, there is conflicting primary evidence regarding their effectiveness. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of antibiotics in patients with recurrent sore throat. SEARCH METHODS The Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group (CENTDG) Trials Search Co-ordinator searched the CEN...

BACKGROUND Management of acute sore throat poses a significant burden on UK general practices, with almost 10% of registered patients attending their GP with sore throat every year. Nearly half of all patients presenting with acute sore throat are treated with antibiotics, despite their limited effect. In a recent systematic review we demonstrated that a single dose of steroids reduced the seve...

BACKGROUND Postoperative sore throat is one of the most common complications of general anesthesia and intubation with prevalence of 18%-65% in different studies. Several risk factors including female gender, postoperative nausea and vomiting and so on have been mentioned. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative sore throat in females and its associatio...

• Headache, nausea and vomiting, malaise, dysphagia, and abdominal pain might be present. Sore throat decision rule The sore throat decision rule can identify both patients who are so likely to have GABHS that a confirmatory test is not needed and patients who are so unlikely to have GABHS that further testing is unrewarding. Using the rule will successfully identify most patients who need trea...