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Table 3 Severity of HOV

From: Betamethasone gel compared with lidocaine jelly to reduce tracheal tube related postoperative airway symptoms: a randomized controlled trial

Time of observation

Severity score for HOV

Group B (n = 40)

Group L (n = 40)

Group C (n = 40)

Significance (p value)

Among three groups

Between groups B and L

Between groups B and C

Between groups L and C

1 h

0

34

32

32

0.81

0.55

0.77

1.0

1

0

2

1

2

6

6

7

3

0

0

0

6 h

0

30

30

28

0.24

1.0

0.17

0.30

1

0

0

3

2

8

9

9

3

2

1

0

24 h

0

26

28

25

0.81

0.84

0.73

0.43

1

3

1

3

2

8

8

11

3

3

3

1

  1. Values given as number of patients